OU contract lecturers call off their strike

The Osmania University Contract Assistant Professors (OUCAP), on Wednesday called off their strike,after a 21-day stir. The vice-chancellor of Osmania University , Prof S Ramachandram, promised that the contract lecturers would be given basic pay as per the University Grants Commission (UGC) along with allowances. He also told the professors there would be no recruitment notification till all the demands are



met.

The strike affected education in most varsities.The contract teachers were fighting against the present system of employment which denies them job security. There are nearly 1,500 contract assistant professors working in the state.While university employees draw salary in lakhs, contract lecturers get between `23,000 and `40,000 even when they have 20 years of teaching experience.