Annamalai University has announced indefinite suspension of classes of all departments and directed hostel students to vacate before November 12.
Registrar R.Meenakshisundaram, in a statement, stated that the classes to re-start after the Deepavali holidays on November 14 have been indefinitely postponed. The practical tests and other examinations scheduled for November 12 too have been put off and the revised examination schedule would be announced later.
However, the statement seems to have sacred the Joint Action Council of the teaching and the non-teaching staff of the university. The convener of the JAC R.Udaiachandran told this correspondent that all its members were shaken by the so-called bailout plan mooted out by the university.
The proposal to either cut the staff salary or reduce the staff strength has sent shock waves among faculty members and other employees. When they voiced their strong protest against such a move, Vice-Chancellor M.Ramanathan on Saturday called up the JAC office-bearers to tell them that there would not be any retrenchment.
However, the Vice-Chancellor observed that he could not give any assurance about the salary aspect. Mr Udaiachandran said that earlier the university had sent a circular stating that the faculty and the employees should not give credence to reports appearing in the media about the financial status of the university and salary cuts.
But the university was not clear when the JAC demanded a written assurance that that the former would neither resort to any salary cut nor reduce the staff strength.
It had told the Vice-Chancellor that it would wait till the evening of November 14 for a positive response.
Depending on its reaction the JAC would convene its general body the following day to chart out its course of action.
Mr. Udaiachandran noted that Saturday’s direction to hostel students to vacate the rooms before November 12 made the JAC members suspect the motive of the university authorities. It looked as if the university was keen on going ahead with its austerity measures, he added.
Keywords: Tamil Nadu, Annamalai University, Employees, Strike plan
So, why has the University hired excess staff in the first place?
Most of them are inefficient and useless, doesn't have any teaching or practical skill except vomits memorised stuffs[including one works as lecturer,Ap &Prof., in Professional education],after all they are paying bribes to get jobs!.
Throughout the world there is quality improvement in universities regarding there function but see the pathetic condition of our country universities esp., like Annamalai Univ., May God bless these sort of Universities
don't reduce the staff strength or salary, avoid new appointments and to
make strong roles & regulations against employees.
Annamalai University is the one fixing rate for faculty and non teaching
position in India. All the staff are recruited based on money. I dont
think they follow the rule of UGC regarding the ratio between students
and staff. also they will appoint low profile faculties and ask them to
complete ph.d or SLET or NET after joining as faculty. Some of the dept.
in Annamalai University are good because of the individual old faculties
who developed the departments.
in annamalai university- in most departments staffs numbers are higher than the student.it is necessary to reduce the stuff less staff population.paying salary because they are here without even a contribution to the system.
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