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Teachers plan protest rally

MADURAI: Members of college teachers’ associations, trade unions and students have decided to take out a protest rally here on August 25.

The Select Committee of Tamil Nadu Assembly including Minister for Higher Education, K. Ponmudy, is scheduled to hear public views on August 26 on the State Government’s proposed move to convert the Thiagarajar College of Engineering and Thiagarajar College here into a university.

Strong condemnation and opposition came from the Madurai Kamaraj, Manonmaniam Sundaranar, Mother Teresa and Alagappa University Teachers’ Association (MUTA) which held a press conference here on Saturday questioning the rationale behind privatisation of government-aided colleges.

P. Vijayakumar, former General Secretary of MUTA, told reporters that the Government should not convert Thiagarajar College into a private university “as it is detrimental to the interests of both students and teachers in all aspects - be it reservation, fee structure, students’ scholarships and teachers’ appointments through community roster system.”

By privatising this aided college, the Government is ‘giving everything on a platter’ to a private individual without taking into account the public opinion which is unfortunate for democratic process.MUTA called for a procession on August 25 by involving all stakeholders.

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