Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 1: Demanding 50 percent reservation for the Jammu University Ph D holders in the JU teaching vacancies, former president of Jammu University Research Scholars’ Executive Association (JURSEA), Dr Vikas Sharma today lambasted the university authorities for not conducting interviews of contractual teaching staff for the session 2024-25 and instead ordering the engagement on lecture basis.
Addressing a press conference, here today, Dr Sharma said that the contractual staff will now get less than half of the amount what they were getting earlier.
“Their honorarium will be calculated on the basis of total lectures they have given. This is injustice with the contractual teaching staff. And, this order is in contravention to the court order which ordered equal salary to contractual and regular staff in the universities,” he said.
Dr Vikas demanded immediate roll back of the order which, he said, is autocratic and against the interest of highly educated youth who were engaged on contractual basis. He threatened to launch an agitation against this discriminatory order if the same is not withdrawn.
He also demanded that 50 percent reservation be given to the University graduated scholars in the teaching posts as currently all the posts are being occupied by the outsiders leaving no scope for the ones who have obtained PhD from Jammu University.
Dr Sharma also highlighted the issue of scholars and students of the varsity saying that they don’t have forum to raise their genuine demands and seeking redressal of their grievances. He demanded the revival of Scholars’ Association and conduct of elections for Students Cultural Council.
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