Bengaluru, Jan. 14: Fulfilling some of the demands of guest lecturers, the state government has announced relief measures including hiking of salaries by more than double. The decisions taken based on the recommendations of a three-member committee will benefit thousands of guest lecturers working in government first-grade colleges.
The state government has issued an order in this regard on Friday. Earlier, the guest lecturers were paid a salary of Rs. 13,000 per month for those with UGC prescribed eligibility and 11,000 per month for those who do not have UGC prescribed eligibility. Now the salaries have been increased from a minimum of Rs 26,000 per month to a maximum of Rs. 32,000 per month.
Those who have been serving as guest lecturers for more than 5 years possessing UGC prescribed qualification will get Rs. 32,000 per month, while those who have been serving as guest lecturers for less than 5 years with UGC prescribed qualification will get Rs. 30,000. Guest lecturers serving for more than 5 years without UGC prescribed qualification will get Rs. 28,000, while those serving for less than 5 years will get a salary of Rs. 26,000.
In another major relief to guest lecturers, it has been decided to pay the salaries before the 10th date of every month and to appoint them on the academic year basis (10 months duration) instead of semester basis as prevailed earlier.
Minister for Higher Education Dr. CN Ashwatha Narayana thanked Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai for personally taking interest in addressing the demands of guest lecturers. “As UGC prescribed eligibility conditions will be made mandatory for recruiting guest faculty in the coming years, 3 years time has been set for guest lecturers to clear the required tests,” he said.
“It has been also decided to give weightage to seniority of service while appointing guest lecturers. To ensure this, a selection list will be prepared based on the existing parameters of the department. Based on the above parameters online portal has been set up and candidates can apply from January 17. Applicants can mention 5 colleges of theiyearshile submitting applications and they need to submit within 7 days,” the minister said.
