Belagavi
The lives of guest lecturers, who are laying the foundation for the future of thousands of students, are insecure. If we don’t get service security this time also, we will have to commit suicide, he warned the government.
More than 11,000 guest lecturers are working in about 430 Government First Grade Colleges in the state. They have been serving for many years with very little honorarium. Of these, thousands of lecturers are beyond and above the age limit. Therefore, the life of guest lecturers is insecure without service security.
Even though there are candidates who are quite talented, qualified and have teaching skills in the profession, they are not able to engage in the academic activity to the best of their ability. Very low wages, honorarium not paid on time. I don’t get work all year round. As a result, the guest lecturers are living in anxiety and insecurity on a daily basis, economically, socially and educationally.
Dr Hanumantha Gowda Kalamani, State President of the Guest Lecturers Association, said that during the previous Government, guest lecturers used to get 10 months’ salary. But the present Government has changed that, given work only when there is a semester and is giving only five to six months’ salary. The State Higher Education Department is treating us like bonded labourers by issuing unscientific and dual orders every day. If the Chief Minister does not correct the injustice done to us in the meeting on 21st of this month, we will stage a dharna in front of the higher Education Department and the office of the respective Regional Joint Directors, he said.
