<p>A number of guest lecturers, who were working in government degree colleges across the State and rendered jobless as a result of a recent directive of the Department of Collegiate Education (DCE) to redeploy permanent faculty from aided colleges to government colleges, have started looking for alternative means of livelihood.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gudadhaiah was working as a guest lecturer in the commerce department of a government college in Shikaripura, Shimoga district for nearly 10 years till he was relieved from his job. <br /><br />“Since I lost my job, I have been working with the KMF (Karnataka Milk Federation) as financial assistant on a part-time basis. I am also giving tuitions to supplement my income. I hope things will get better soon,” he said. <br /><br />At a recent meeting between guest lecturers and DCE, its commissioner Nandakumar B G had advised lecturers to look for alternative jobs as the department was not ready to commit to fulfilling any of the demands of the guest lecturers.<br /><br />Kumar Naik, another former lecturer, has been struggling to make ends meet since he lost his job. He used to teach English at a government college in Tiptur. <br /><br />“I am not limiting myself to any particular kind of job. Although I was an English teacher, I have also studied library management. I am looking at finding a job in this field. I am left with no source of income,” said Naik. <br /><br />Others like Jyothi E, who used to teach Economics at a government college in Bangalore, have been sitting at home hoping for the best. <br /><br />“Not only me, but a number of my colleagues are resigned to the same fate,” she said.<br /> According to Lokesh P C, vice-president, Karnataka State Government Degree College Guest Lecturers’ Association, 400 out of the over 10,000 guest lecturers have been out of work for the past two months since the government’s directive.<br /><br />Guest lecturers have been demanding regularisation of their posts, especially in the light of the fact that a number of them have been working for many years. Timely payment of salaries is another major demand. <br /><br />The move by the department to redeploy permanent staff had caused anxiety among the guest lecturers. <br /><br />To press for their demands, members of the association had held a protest outside the chief minister’s residence and even outside the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum during the recent winter session of the legislature, but in vain. <br /></p>
<p>A number of guest lecturers, who were working in government degree colleges across the State and rendered jobless as a result of a recent directive of the Department of Collegiate Education (DCE) to redeploy permanent faculty from aided colleges to government colleges, have started looking for alternative means of livelihood.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gudadhaiah was working as a guest lecturer in the commerce department of a government college in Shikaripura, Shimoga district for nearly 10 years till he was relieved from his job. <br /><br />“Since I lost my job, I have been working with the KMF (Karnataka Milk Federation) as financial assistant on a part-time basis. I am also giving tuitions to supplement my income. I hope things will get better soon,” he said. <br /><br />At a recent meeting between guest lecturers and DCE, its commissioner Nandakumar B G had advised lecturers to look for alternative jobs as the department was not ready to commit to fulfilling any of the demands of the guest lecturers.<br /><br />Kumar Naik, another former lecturer, has been struggling to make ends meet since he lost his job. He used to teach English at a government college in Tiptur. <br /><br />“I am not limiting myself to any particular kind of job. Although I was an English teacher, I have also studied library management. I am looking at finding a job in this field. I am left with no source of income,” said Naik. <br /><br />Others like Jyothi E, who used to teach Economics at a government college in Bangalore, have been sitting at home hoping for the best. <br /><br />“Not only me, but a number of my colleagues are resigned to the same fate,” she said.<br /> According to Lokesh P C, vice-president, Karnataka State Government Degree College Guest Lecturers’ Association, 400 out of the over 10,000 guest lecturers have been out of work for the past two months since the government’s directive.<br /><br />Guest lecturers have been demanding regularisation of their posts, especially in the light of the fact that a number of them have been working for many years. Timely payment of salaries is another major demand. <br /><br />The move by the department to redeploy permanent staff had caused anxiety among the guest lecturers. <br /><br />To press for their demands, members of the association had held a protest outside the chief minister’s residence and even outside the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum during the recent winter session of the legislature, but in vain. <br /></p>
