Delegation meets state edu minister Ramanlal Vora, on Monday.
Not all the college and university teachers in Gujarat are protesting aggressively against the state government for implementing the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission regarding their pay scales instead of that of the Chaddha Committee of the Union Grants Commission.
Various pro-government bodies of college and university teachers and principals are in talks with the state government regarding the issue. A delegation comprising representatives of teachers’ and principals’ associations met the state education minister on Monday to discuss the matter.
While the Gujarat State Federation of University and College Teachers’ Associations (GSFUCTA) has come out strongly against the state government’s resolution of introducing pay scales of teachers in higher education according to the Sixth Pay Commission, pro-BJP and pro-state government bodies of principals and teachers are trying to solve the issue without any confrontation. Among such organisations are several units of the teachers’ wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, known as the Rashtriya Shaikshik Sangh, functional in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara.
A member of the delegation that met state education minister Ramanlal Vora on Monday said, “We are trying to solve the issue without any confrontation with the government. We want to bring the issue on the table with the state government and are requesting the implementation of the Chaddha Committee’s recommendations be considered.”
There is a strong suspicion among teachers of higher education about the role of bureaucrats regarding the government resolution. Another member of the delegation present at the meeting said, “While the education minister listened to our representation and showed a positive response to our arguments, a bureaucrat from the education department present at the meeting raised questions about the workload and other administrative issues connected with college and university teachers. He was trying to justify the government resolution by saying that teachers in state-aided higher education institutions are not working.”
He further said that some officers in the state bureaucracy considered themselves superior and believed that “nobody should be drawing a salary equal to or higher than that of IAS officers. After the implementation of the Chaddha Committee’s recommendations, teachers will be able to get salaries equal to or more than many babus in the state bureaucracy.” However, all the bodies were optimistic about their demand being satisfied.
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