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MUTA plans to launch a series of agitations

By Our Staff Reporter

TIRUNELVELI, JAN. 8. In a bid to intensify its protest in the New Year against the hundreds of vacancies lying in colleges, the Madurai Kamaraj Manonmaniam Sundaranar Universities Teachers' Association (MUTA) has decided to launch a series of agitations and programmes in January and February to urge the government to immediately fill up the vacancies.

The Central Executive of the MUTA, which met here today, said the agitation would start with a `Fax Campaign' on January 20, in which every MUTA unit in all the colleges affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University and Manonmaniam Sundaranar Universitywould send fax messages to the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, demanding immediate recruitment of new faculty members for the existing vacancies in the colleges to ensure quality teaching - learning process.

In the second stage, evening dharnas would be organised on February 3 to press the demand.

If the Government fails to accede to our demand, a meeting of teachers, principals and representatives of the managements would be convened on February 5 to decide future course of action, it was decided at the meeting.

The meeting also urged the State Government to nominate its representative to the search panel for Vice-Chancellor for Manonmaniam Sundaranar University at the earliest in the wake of the resignation of the earlier government nominee, Swaminathan.

The Central Executive also decided to extend "complete assistance" to tsunami victims in some of the affected villages and asked its members to identify the villages and the relief to be given to the needy. While the entire world is viewing this disaster with an "emotional perspective", the meeting decided to give "scientific approach" to this tidal tragedy by bringing out a booklet on tsunami.

New office-bearers

The new office-bearers of MUTA assumed office in the meeting. President - R. Manoharan (GTN College, Dindigul), General Secretary - V. Ponraj (MDT Hindu College, Tirunelveli), Vice - Presidents - T. Manohara Justus (Christian College, Marthandam) and S. Kanitha (Palani Andavar College, Palani), Joint General Secretaries - S. Subburaj (Thiruvalluvar College, Papanasam) and R. Sankari (Sri Parasakthi College for Women, Courtallam), Treasurer - G.C. Manoharan (Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai).

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