College teachers take mass casual leave
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 05 2016:
Majority of the Government college teachers in the State today took mass casual leave and staged sit-ins at different places under the banner of All Manipur College Teachers' Association (AMCTA) today.
(AMCTA) joint secretary Dr M Imocha, in a statement, said the protests were held to show solidarity to the movement of the All India Federation of university and College Teachers' Organisations (AIFUCTO) who has been.demanding the scrapping of academic performance indicators (API), implementing teacher-friendly payscales, filling up vacant posts in accordance with the UGC regulations 2010, and revival of pension scheme for university teachers beyond 2004 .
AMCTA president and AIFUCTO zonal secretary (NE) M Lokendro Singh said North Eastern States like Assam, Mizoram etc also joined the mass casual leave protest under
the banner of AIFUCTO today.