Kolkata, Twelve college academics’ organisations on Friday accused the West Bengal authorities of making an attempt to meddle within the functioning of state-run larger academic establishments and “thrust the Human Resource Management Systems ” on the varsities.
Bengal: Bid to meddle with functioning of state-run varsities, allege 12 academics’ organisations
The organisations embody the Jadavpur College Academics Affiliation, Calcutta College Academics Affiliation, Rabindra Bharati College Academics Affiliation, Bengal College Academics Affiliation, Academics of Presidency College and Academics of MAKAUT.
“We are of the opinion that whatever traces of autonomy of higher educational institutions are still left in the system shall be lost if this policy is implemented. Moreover, this policy shall turn universities into offices of the Higher Education Department by systematically snatching away all their rights, especially financial rights.
“It’s a well-known undeniable fact that, as per the present college acts the VC/registrar/finance officer of a college holds the place of Drawing and Disbursing Officer of that college. The HRMS threatens to vary even these primary constructions of universities,” JUTA general secretary Partha Pratim Roy told reporters here.
Roy noted that the higher education department plans to appoint an officer to act as the DDO of the respective universities, which “goes against the existing university acts and statutes”.
“What’s extra alarming is that the schools shall even lose the best to pay wage, prolong promotion or retirement advantages, disburse PF and gratuity quantity to its workers. Additionally, the college authority shall haven’t any say if the wage of an worker is withheld by the federal government for any in anyway cause, together with political or private,” he instructed PTI.
The college academics organisations mentioned they are going to be compelled to start out a “sustained movement, both on streets and in the courts”, looking for justice for the varsity workers if the division goes forward with the transfer.