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Private schools may be pushing for a 50 per cent hike in fee paid by parents ostensibly to pay teachers as per the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission, but a number of them do not even follow government scales for paying teachers.Teachers say that although these schools are burdening parents with increased fee, it […]

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(Retd), former Director General (Personnel) in the Army and co-author of the Ajay Vikram Singh (AVS) Committee report on restructuring the Army officer cadre, tells Aditi Phadnis why the men in uniform are not happy.
Let’s take the AVS committee first. A few recommendations have been accepted, but most haven’t. The government has agreed to create […]

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Speaking to Times City, Arvinder Singh Lovely said, “Schools can demand anything. But it is certain that we will not allow a hike of 50% for all schools. Strict action will be taken against any school that hikes fees without the permission of the Directorate of Education (DoE).”

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Those already on leave qualify
Dussehra gift for those who are already on maternity leave, now they can extended the leave for six months for the care of the new born, currently it was only 135 days.

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The government on Friday approved the upgrading and creation of about 2,000 senior-level posts in the armed forces. Half of the posts will be in the Army.The approval is part of an unfinished agenda to reduce the age profile of commanding officers and improve career mobility.

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The acceptance of the long pending report was immediately welcomed by the armed forces, with Air Force Chief F H Major describing it as “a great motivator’’ for every member, even though he hastened to add that it had nothing to do with the row over the recommendations of the pay panel.

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Finally the Pay Review Committee of UGC submitted its report ending months of uncertainty. University teachers and other staff were disappointed when the Chadha committee did not submit its report last month prompting teachers union to organize large scale protests against the delay of sixth pay commission for professors, lecturers and other university and college […]

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 A 75% hike in existing salaries across the board, uniform retirement age of 65, opportunities for re-employment up to 70 years, flexibility to accommodate talent through incentives, and one-time grants for research for teachers in central, state and deemed universities — these sweeping recommendations in the report of GK Chadha pay review panel for college […]

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Unbelievable as it may sound but the University Grant Commsion’s Pay Review Committee, by recommending a minimum 70% salary hike along with a host of increments and inducements, has made it clear that knowledge economy is the next big thing and the government must invest on teachers for long-term gains.

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Teaching bodies have welcomed the 70% pay hike as suggested by UGC’s Pay Review Committee. The University Grants Commission (UGC) that had formed a committee to look into the university teachers and staff’s pay had submitted its report two days ago recommending across the board pay hike of approximately 75 percent.

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