Aided college teachers stage human chain protest in Thoothukudi
The Hindu
Teachers in Thoothukudi protest for withheld career advancement pay, forming a human chain to demand equal treatment with government faculty.
Teachers of government aided colleges staged a human chain protest in Thoothukudi on Tuesday, demanding immediate release of career advancement pay that has been withheld only for aided college faculties.
Government aided college teachers have been carrying out various phases of protests, urging the government to grant them career advancement scheme pay and arrear on par with government college faculty. As part of this ongoing agitation, human chain demonstrations were organised in front of aided colleges.
Accordingly, more than 100 participants including professors, admittance staff and students formed a human chain and staged a protest in front of VOC College in Thoothukudi.
The protestors insisted that career advancement pay and pending arrears granted to government aided college teachers as well. They raised slogans that Tamil Nadu government should not discriminate government and government aided college faculties.
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