The apex organisation of teachers in the country, All India Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations (AIFUCTO) on Friday announced that it would launch a countrywide agitation in April as its demand of making the Report Seventh UGC Pay Review Committee public has been overlooked by UGC and Ministry of HRD.
According to AIFUCTO, the Seventh UGC Pay Review Committee which had an HRD ministry official on its panel submitted its report to the Ministry on 22 February and excerpts of the report have appeared in media.
A memorandum regarding this will be submitted to the UGC secretary and the HRD Minister by all the state and university affiliates of AIFUCTO in the first week of April and on 19 April “All India Demand Day” will be observed.
"The unprecedented secrecy on the report by the government of India is creating great confusion among the teachers fraternity of university and colleges," AIFUCTO general secretary Arun Kumar said.
"It is a matter of deep regret that neither the UGC nor the MHRD had any dialogue with the largest teachers' body of the country," he said.
He added that despite its repeated efforts, the federation has failed to get the report made public.
"In spite of repeated requests for discussion with the MHRD, no response has been received as yet. This is in gross violation of established and transparent democratic practices by previous governments," said Kumar.