Jagan promises support to aided junior college staff in securing long-pending benefits
YSRCP leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has promised to support aided junior college staff in Andhra Pradesh in their quest for better service conditions and long-pending benefits. A delegation of lecturers met with him to highlight issues regarding pay, job security, and regularization.
Why it matters
The issue reflects the broader challenges faced by contract and aided staff in the Indian education sector regarding job stability and fair compensation.
YSR Congress Party president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday assured part-time lecturers, unaided lecturers and non-teaching employees working in aided junior colleges across Andhra Pradesh that his party would continue to support their efforts to secure better service conditions and long-pending benefits.
A delegation of the Andhra Pradesh Aided Junior Colleges Part-Time Lecturers’ Association met Mr. Jagan at the Gannavaram Airport and submitted a memorandum outlining a range of concerns related to pay, job security and regularisation.
Association president Ariga Joshi Rao appealed to the YSRCP leader to take up the matter with the State government.
The representatives said many members of the teaching and non-teaching staff had been serving in aided institutions for periods ranging from 15 to 25 years but continued to face uncertainty owing to inadequate salaries and the absence of employment security and welfare measures.
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