Contract lecturers unpaid for 7 months; exams held up
Dimpaur, April 25 (MExN): The students of Kelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu have expressed resentment towards the nonpayment of salaries to their contract lecturers that could lead to serious repercussions on the career of the students. The Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu Students’ Union (KPASU) stated in a press release today that students are left in a dilemma as their lecturers have not been able to conduct the partial examination. This, it claimed, was due to the salaries of contract lecturers not paid for seven months by the government. Due to this, they refused to declare the ‘sessionals’ for the students.
However, keeping in mind the career of the students at stake, the lecturers gave “verbal assurance” on the matter and reached an agreement, stated the press release from President of KPASU, Hinovi T. Achumi.
“Everyone deserves a payment for their hard work as it requires effort but the authorities have remained silent for which students, especially the final year students, are bound to face huge problems if the results are delayed,” maintained the press note. Advertisements for degrees have already been put up and exams have not even started yet, stated the KPASU, clearly in a state of panic for its students’ community.
The KPASU thus demanded that the government take immediate action instead of continuing to remain silent on the matter. “Students require a peaceful environment” without mental stress in order to progress through examinations, it stated, adding that if “necessary action” is not taken, the government will be held fully responsible for “taking a student’s career for granted.”
The Union also reiterated that the government is “playing with the future of the students by not paying the salary of the lecturers in time.” If exams are not conducted on time, it will lead to the loss of a whole year for students.
