Minimum wages

FE reports

Around 160 colleges under Calcutta University employ part-time teachers to fill the gap in permanent teachers. The part-timers get either Rs 2,000 for six classes a week or Rs 75 each class. They do not get any other benefits. Months ago, state finance minister Asim Dasgupta promised to address the gross injustice against part-timers who are post-graduates. He told the part-timers that they would get Rs 4,000 a month and the state would take on the additional financial burden. The only condition is that the colleges have to justify the engagement of part-time teachers. Today, the part-time teachers are jobless.