The cease work by teachers of Jadavpur University demanding full implementation of the revised UGC pay scale disrupted classes for the second day on Wednesday.
A spokesman of Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association (JUTA), the main representative body of university teachers, said an estimated 450 teachers assembled before the main administrative building in the afternoon hours holding placards as part of the two-day cease work on November 19 and 20.
The JUTA spokesman claimed that no classes took place in any of the four faculties — Arts, Engineering and Technology, Science and Interdisciplinary Studies — as the teachers did not take classes. The cease work was supported by the All Bengal University Teachers’ Association (ABUTA-JU chapter), and West Bengal College and University Teachers’ Association
(WBCUTA). ABUTA (JU) general secretary Goutam Maity said teachers from Vidyasagar University, Rabindra Bharati University and Calcutta University were present at the agitation to express solidarity.