Resolve row over Mandya University guest lecturers’ salary, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar tells Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayaraddi
Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has directed the Higher Education Minister to resolve a salary payment crisis for guest lecturers at Mandya University. The university is currently unable to pay staff due to new government funding directives.
Why it matters
The issue highlights the financial instability of newly upgraded state universities and the impact on academic staff livelihoods.
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has reportedly asked Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayaraddi to resolve the issue relating to payment of salaries to guest lecturers appointed at Mandya University.
A statement issued from the office of Madhu G. Made Gowda, MLC, said Mr. Gowda and Ravikumar Ganiga, Mandya MLA, met Mr. Shivakumar at Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday (August 18) and apprised him of the financial crisis being faced by Mandya University.
The crisis had arisen after the Higher Education Department had issued directions to universities, including Mandya University, to pay the salaries of guest lecturers appointed to government first grade colleges from the fees collected from students.
However, the Government College (Autonomous), Mandya, was upgraded into Mandya University from the academic year 2019-20 and guest lecturers required to meet the additional academic workload have been appointed by the Department of Collegiate Education, which has also been paying their monthly salaries.
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