In order to ensure teachers are present in the college for at least five hours a day, DAV (PG) College principal Dr Devendra Bhasin has decided to implement biometric
registration system. Office bearers of college teachers association have opposed the system terming it as a 'humiliating system'. Some college teachers met Chief Minister Harish Rawat recently and submitted a memorandum demanding that basic amenities be facilitated in the college and that other benefits which are given to teachers of Government colleges be given to Government aided college teachers.
DAV (PG) College Teachers Union member DK Tyagi said that teachers conduct their classes regularly and stay in the college for more than five hours daily. Some time, they stay and work additional two or three hours to complete college related works assigned to them.
According to him, in a recent meeting of teachers with the college principal, Bhasin had failed to answer questions raised by the teachers. He said that government had instructed the college principals to use biometric system or a register for teachers’ attendance, but college principal has decided to implement biometric system which is nothing but a humiliating system. It should be mentioned here that in compliance with High Court’s order, the state government and HNB Garhwal Central University had recently directed the government colleges and government aided colleges to ensure that teachers stayed at least five hours a day in the college and that 180 days classes are conducted in a year.