Association wants 32 teachers of erstwhile constituent colleges to be absorbed by BDU

Representatives of teachers’ associations have urged Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan to resolve the long-pending service benefits and salary issues of staff of erstwhile constituent colleges of Bharathidasan University (BDU) and Anna University.

A stakeholders’ meeting was held in Tiruchi on Wednesday. In its petition, the Association of University Teachers of Tamil Nadu (AUT) requested the Minister and the Commissioner for Collegiate Education to systematise the absorption of 32 regular teachers of BDU’s erstwhile constituent colleges into the varsity’s teaching structure.

AUT general secretary K. Raja said that BDU should accommodate at the earliest, the 32 teachers based on their qualifications and eligibility. The association sought a single seniority list that would included these teachers, instead of maintaining a separate seniority list for them.