University college teachers to boycott exam duty tomorrow

A meeting of the District Council of Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) Amritsar was held at DAV College on Tuesday also called to mobilise the teachers for the state rally. It implies that university and college assistant professors will get lower pay as compared to teachers of other states which will have long term implications on the quality of higher education in Punjab. Private sector universities and colleges will also fix the pay of their teachers accordingly. It will lead to overall low pay to teachers working in higher education sector in Punjab” he said. There will be complete boycott of conduct of universities exam and evaluation work on March 4.