Citing a severe financial crisis, the university announced a proposal to retrench staff and cut salaries by half at a meeting on Wednesday, triggering protests.
Semester exams, slated to begin in the third week of November, will be rescheduled.
A
meeting on Saturday between Annamalai University vice-chancellor M
Ramanathan and the joint action council (JAC) formed by the employees
failed to find a solution to a stand-off over retrenchments and pay cuts
with the staff insisting on an assurance in writing that the management
will not go in for such measures.
The 83-year-old university, partly funded by the state government, has about 30,000 regular students and around 4.5 lakh students enrolled in its distance education programmes. The university has 3,896 teachers and 9,434 non-teaching staff, and spends about Rs 37 crore on salaries every month.
"We assured that the management will not retrench any staff member and as regards salary cuts. We explained the management's inability to provide full salary owing to the present financial crisis. The management needs to raise loans to disburse salaries," Ramanathan said.
"The vice-chancellor assured that the management will not retrench staff but was non-committal on salary cuts. We asked the management to reveal its stand on or before November 14. The council's general body will meet on November 14 evening and will decide the future course of action," JAC convener R Udaiachandran said.
The 83-year-old university, partly funded by the state government, has about 30,000 regular students and around 4.5 lakh students enrolled in its distance education programmes. The university has 3,896 teachers and 9,434 non-teaching staff, and spends about Rs 37 crore on salaries every month.
"We assured that the management will not retrench any staff member and as regards salary cuts. We explained the management's inability to provide full salary owing to the present financial crisis. The management needs to raise loans to disburse salaries," Ramanathan said.
"The vice-chancellor assured that the management will not retrench staff but was non-committal on salary cuts. We asked the management to reveal its stand on or before November 14. The council's general body will meet on November 14 evening and will decide the future course of action," JAC convener R Udaiachandran said.
Source:The Times Of India
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