CUTN students protest against termination of guest faculty

Trichy | Saturday | 16th February, 2019

Summary:

It is the students from the department of English who are on protest and we are trying to sort out the issue. They were earlier warned by the administration for being student friendly, said the protesting students. The two assistant professors who were employed on a contract basis were also resident wardens of ladies hostel. Many students have cleared UGC-NET with the coaching provided by them, said the student.Tamil Nadu state committee of students federation of India expressed its dissent at the CUTN administration decision on terminating two assistant professors for raising their voice for the larger student community. “Their only mistake was to go soft on girls hostel students by letting them in after 9.30pm,” they said.Another student said the administration terminated both of them over an email without any prior notice claiming that they failed to ensure disciplinary rules in the ladies hostel..