Ahead of local body elections, the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education has sought exemption from election duties for government junior college staff, citing their engagement in practical and theory examinations scheduled between January and March.
Intermediate Education officials orally instructed the lecturers to prepare an action plan to pass students who failed in intermediate, to improve enrolments in colleges and to visit the colleges whenever required till May 20
TEC's recent recommendation to integrate government-run junior colleges with the proposed Telangana Public Schools (TPS) has sparked criticism from the junior lecturers, who called the move detrimental to intermediate education in the State
While recruitment to 1,139 out of 1,392 vacancies has been finalised long ago, officials are still awaiting Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's time who will be handing over appointment letters to selected candidates
In a statement released here on Thursday, Telangana Gazetted Junior Lecturers Association general secretary K Suresh said in the past staff on practical and annual Intermediate Public Exams duties were paid remuneration immediately after spot evaluation ended.
Telangana Gazetted Junior Lecturers Association general secretary K Suresh said earlier the remuneration was paid immediately to the staff who took part in the examination work.
Lecturers Association general secretary appealed to the Education Minister to revoke the decision of Commissionerate and enhance contract junior lecturers' superannuation age to 61 years
