Summary:
AU had recruited the contract teachers in 2005, for an ad hoc pay of ? 6000 per month. The teachers claimed that most of them have crossed 50 years and have put their prime as contract teachers in the university. He further alleged that AU had projected the contract teachers as faculty staff and secured NAAC ‘A’ grade. We qualify as professors as per the UGC norms and despite that we are not being considered by universities,” said Zulfiqar Ali of AU Contract Teachers Association. In the nine-decade old university there are about 117 contract teachers in various departments..