The Gujarat State Adhyapak Mahamandal, an association of teaching faculty members of Gujarat grant-in- aid colleges, has voiced concern over delay in salaries on social media.
The association representing nearly 6,000 teaching faculty members of grant-in-aid colleges have been complaining of delay in salaries for more than six months.
In a tweet tagged to the Commissioner, Higher Education, state Education Minister and the Chief Minister’s Office, the Association, said, ” Despite it being the 14th of the month, the salary of professors in the state has not been paid. Due to irregular pay over the past several months, those who have taken home loans and other loans are facing great difficulty.””
Professor Rajendra Jadhav, secretary of the Mahamandal, said, ” In the last six months, our salaries were delayed but this time, half the month has gone by and we are yet to get paid. The government should think
of those who have taken home loans and other loans. With the delay in instalments, we have to pay penalties. For a teacher who has taken more than one loan, much of the salary will be deducted as penalties.”
The faculty members said that they were “unofficially” informed that the salaries had been
delayed due to an issue of grants and funds. The state of over 1,000 faculty members of government colleges in the state is no different. They are also complaining of delay
in salaries. “While a few government colleges are paying salaries on time, others are not. Several government college teachers have not been paid their salaries for the month of February (to be paid in March) yet,” said a teaching faculty of a government college.
Alleging that the delay in paying salaries is harming the image of teachers, Jadhav said,
“The image of a professor is damaged with this inability to pay instalments on time. This issue has also added to the existing long list of issues we have already been raising with the state government.” Among pending issues, the most pressing is stalling
of promotions under the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS).
