Nagpur University exam fee hike 2012
A lawyer, Mohan Bajpayee strongly supported roll back in fees, stating that fees were doubled in last five years. He also suggested a solution to the problem by informing the House that NU had hiked teachers' remuneration three times for conducting evaluation work and if it was reduced, the exam fees could be brought down significantly. He cited Section 32(5)(g) of Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, which makes it mandatory for the teachers to help with university exam work and that their refusal could lead to disciplinary action. He questioned why teachers were being paid for mandatory work when evaluation work was being done 'on duty'. Mahindra Nimbarte, Samir Kene and Ritesh Ganar also endorsed his stand.
Though Bajpayee's suggestions were openly accepted by commerce dean Bharat Meghe and few others, a majority of teachers in the Senate didn't like the idea but preferred not to express it. Senior NU officials, however, admitted that if teachers' remuneration was stopped, the exam fees would reduce by more than half. "Some teachers earn up to Rs 3 lakh during winter exams. The teaching community is primarily responsible for most of the problems. Poor evaluation of papers which forces students to apply for revaluation is one of them. Even the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court had rapped NU evaluators for poor quality of valuation in case of a law student Richa Inamdar," officials told TOI.
Citing the case of teachers who evaluate state board exam papers, the officials questioned that when they were not paid any remuneration despite comparatively higher number of students than NU, why university teachers should be paid for it. Officials further added that with implementation of sixth pay commission, their salaries are sky high, new a lecturer getting a minimum of 50,000 - 55,000 at start. Those having five years or more experience were getting 70,000- 80,000 while lectures with minimum 15 years of experience were offered 1-1.5 lakh.
"Out of 365 days in a year, a lecturer's working days are 210 and for checking papers, they have to be on duty from 11am to 5pm only. Still, they take home lakhs including travel and dearness allowances. They also get their full salary in this period, the NU officials informed.
A lawyer, Mohan Bajpayee strongly supported roll back in fees, stating that fees were doubled in last five years. He also suggested a solution to the problem by informing the House that NU had hiked teachers' remuneration three times for conducting evaluation work and if it was reduced, the exam fees could be brought down significantly. He cited Section 32(5)(g) of Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, which makes it mandatory for the teachers to help with university exam work and that their refusal could lead to disciplinary action. He questioned why teachers were being paid for mandatory work when evaluation work was being done 'on duty'. Mahindra Nimbarte, Samir Kene and Ritesh Ganar also endorsed his stand.
Though Bajpayee's suggestions were openly accepted by commerce dean Bharat Meghe and few others, a majority of teachers in the Senate didn't like the idea but preferred not to express it. Senior NU officials, however, admitted that if teachers' remuneration was stopped, the exam fees would reduce by more than half. "Some teachers earn up to Rs 3 lakh during winter exams. The teaching community is primarily responsible for most of the problems. Poor evaluation of papers which forces students to apply for revaluation is one of them. Even the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court had rapped NU evaluators for poor quality of valuation in case of a law student Richa Inamdar," officials told TOI.
Citing the case of teachers who evaluate state board exam papers, the officials questioned that when they were not paid any remuneration despite comparatively higher number of students than NU, why university teachers should be paid for it. Officials further added that with implementation of sixth pay commission, their salaries are sky high, new a lecturer getting a minimum of 50,000 - 55,000 at start. Those having five years or more experience were getting 70,000- 80,000 while lectures with minimum 15 years of experience were offered 1-1.5 lakh.
"Out of 365 days in a year, a lecturer's working days are 210 and for checking papers, they have to be on duty from 11am to 5pm only. Still, they take home lakhs including travel and dearness allowances. They also get their full salary in this period, the NU officials informed.
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