The Joint Council for Action (JAC) of the University and College Teachers' Association of Odisha and the Retired Teachers’ Association would hold a mass convention here on March 4 to press for fulfilment of their various demands, informed JAC coordinator Dr Amiya Kumar Mohanty at a press meet here on Sunday.
The demands included implementation of the 7th UGC Pay Scale revision and extension of UGC Scale of benefit to the lecturers.
Mohanty informed that the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development had on November 2, 2017 requested the State Government for implementation of the UGC Pay revision. later on December 12, the JAC urged the State Government to implement the pay revision. But till now, the government has not taken any decision on the matter and has not even invited teacher representative for a discussion, he rued.
JAC members alleged that the 6th UGC Pay Scale revision and service condition have not been implemented fully and, thus, has many anomalies.
They also said university and college teachers have been denied of regular career advancement benefit and privilege of the UGC Pay Scale, thus de-linking the State from the national mainstream and not attracting the young talent for the teaching post.
Among others, Maheswar Sahoo, Harish Chandra Nayak, Mohammad Fakirudin, Rabi Ray, Akshaya Mohapatra, Kunjabihari Panda, Dr Dushmanta Kumar Nayak and Sunil Kumar Nath were present.