Faculty Members Raise Voice against No Duty Leave, No Promotion in Central Universities
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 07 October 2024 | The Telegraph
Complaints are pouring out of prominent central universities about a “de-motivating” practice of denying duty leave and timely promotion to faculty members.
A group of JNU teachers held a 24-hour hunger strike in August to protest “delay and uncertainty” over promotions, pending allegedly for up to five years. Now, allegations of delayed promotions have come from Banaras Hindu University (BHU). At Delhi University (DU), faculty have accused the authorities of denying duty leave.
Teachers need duty leave, for instance, to present papers at conferences or attend refresher or orientation courses — which is a requirement for promotion, too….