Tamil Nadu hikes monthly salary for thousands of temporary college lecturers by Rs. 5,000

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay has ordered a monthly salary increase of Rs. 5,000 for temporary honorary lecturers working in government higher education institutions. The revised pay comes into effect from November 1.

Who Benefits

A total of 9,646 temporary lecturers across the state will get this financial benefit. This includes 8,741 lecturers in government arts, science, and education colleges, 319 lecturers in government engineering colleges, and 586 lecturers in government polytechnic colleges. Arts, science, and education college teachers will now receive Rs. 35,000 per month instead of Rs. 30,000. Polytechnic college teachers will see their pay go up from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 30,000 per month. Meanwhile, an order released by Higher Education Secretary Dheeraj Kumar states that engineering college lecturers will get Rs. 36,000. This pay revision will cost the state government an extra Rs. 24.12 crore in this financial year.

Background

The state government employs these temporary teachers to ensure that students do not face any gap or disruption in their studies. However, lecturers have asked the government to implement this salary hike from September 1, as promised earlier by Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy / Viswanathan.