| Announcing the decision taken at the AIFUCTO national executive committee meeting in Mysore, AIFUCTO general secretary V K Tiwari said that their demand for a pay revision had been pending from 1996. Instead of approving the proposals recommended by the nodal HRD ministry, the UPA government had referred it to a committee of secretaries, he said, condemning the cabinet decision. |
| "To attract attention to the issue again, we have decided to organise an indefinite protest before the Parliament from May 16," he said. |
| Also demanding the constitution of the Sixth Pay Commission and UGC pay review committee, he said that the AIFUCTO will also organise massive awareness campaign in the five states going to polls shortly. "To create public awareness in these states on issues confronting educational sector in the country, we will organise a series of awareness programmes including 'Jeep yatra' culminating our campaign in a mass rally before the Parliament," Tiwari said. |
| The teaching fraternity was disturbed over the changes in the education system. Public-funded system alone can provide quality education and provide access to students for higher education. |
| "The government should invest 6 per cent of GDP for educational sector at least next year. The Rs 5,000 crore allocation in the new budget is not enough. States are allocating 2.8 per cent. The rest should be allocated by the Centre in the next budget," the Federation President urged. Opposing privatisation, he said it had led to commercialisation in education sector. Private universities and self-financed colleges were coming up in different places. Commercialisation will make access to higher education difficult for students. |
| "Denial of higher education is a crime. We oppose self-financing education and demand support for public funded colleges," Tiwari said. He also urged the government not to yield to WTO agreement on education. |
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