BANGALORE: The Government on Friday instructed the Directorate of Collegiate Education to pay the salary of teachers on or before the eighth of every month.

Minister for Higher Education D.H. Shankaramurthy said he had issued an order following complaints that college teachers were not being paid their salary on time, and that there was a delay of a few months in some cases. Action would be taken against the jurisdictional Joint Director of the directorate if salary was not disbursed as directed by him.

That teachers were not being paid on time had come as a shock to the Government as the directorate had been provided adequate funds in advance, he added.

The Minister said the salary of teachers was being paid by cheques. Payment by cash was withdrawn a long time ago following complaints.

Meeting

Mr. Shankaramurthy, an MLC who represents a graduates' constituency, said a high-level meeting of the Education Department would be held here on Tuesday to study teachers' demands, including confirmation of the services of a large number of temporary and part-time lecturers who had served in government colleges for between 10 and 15 years. In a case related to the issue, the Supreme Court had directed that these teachers should not be taken into government service. He would hold a meeting with Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Basavaraj Horatti and find a solution.

There were 472 part-time lecturers in degree and pre-university colleges, he added.

Over 1,000 degree-college teachers, who were shifted to pre-university colleges when pre-university education was separated from the Collegiate Education Directorate, were not being paid their salary though funds had been provided. It had been decided to direct the Pre-university Board to make the payment, Mr. Shankaramurthy said.

He said the over 1,000 teachers would be posted to degree colleges when there were vacancies. Nearly 50 teachers would be given postings straightaway and the rest in phases every month over two years, he added.

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