Engg seat slump leaves teachers without pay - Mumbai Mirror

Vaibhav Narwade, a senate member of Mumbai University and an educator, raised the issues plaguing engineering colleges during the senate budget session on March 30 and 31. He demanded an inquiry into the financial affairs of colleges.

“Unpaid salaries, it’s a big problem. Many teachers have stopped taking lectures and if this continues, colleges may not be able to conduct exams,” Narawade, who heads the Mumbai University and College Teachers’ Association, told Mirror. “All of this is putting students under tremendous stress as they don’t know what will happen. Why should students or teachers suffer because of college management’s mistakes?”

A drop in enrollments, he added, cannot be a reason for holding back salaries. A private college charges fees of around Rs 1 lakh from a student. “Where did all the money go?” Narawade asked.