Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 05 2010:
The Federation of College Teachers' Associations, Manipur (FECTAM) today staged a sit-in-protest at the campus of Modern College, Porompat, Imphal East.
The protest is against the non-implementation of the revised UGC pay scales and enhancement of age of superannuation to 65 years for government college teachers.
Taking part in the protest, M Lokendro, Convener of FECTAM said that this democratic movement will continue until the demands of the college teachers are fulfilled.
The teachers condemn the negligence of the state government to the higher education even 24 states had already implemented the revised UGC pay scales to their college teachers.
He further said 80% of the amount for salaries is to be contributed by the Central government while the remaining 20% is state government's share.
The protestors hold placards with "Save the lives of college teachers", "Save higher education", "Implement the revised UGC pay scales", "Enhance the age of superannuation to 65 years" written on them.