Conference & Kolkata District Committee formation on 16th April, 2010

As declared earlier, the Kolkata District Committee of our Assiciation was formed & officially announced at a conference at Students Hall, College Street, in the presence of important dignitories on stage, and hundreds of Part-timers & guest lecturers from nearly all over Bengal, on 16th April, 2010. Mr. Gouranga Debnath led the vote of motion on stage, announced the names of the newly appointed district President & Secretay, along with the Executive Committee Members. The proposed candidatures were unanimously supported & thereby approved by all the members of the association present. Prior to these occurances, from 10am in the morning several measures,were adopted to voice the protest of the Part-time lecturers. These included, teaching students(conducting mock-classes)in streets, agitation, a huge procession of hundreds of part-timers encircling college square & then entering the Students' Hall with outcries of enthusiastic slogans, drawing attention of thousands of passer-by, shopkeepers among many others. Electronic & Print medias, national & local, invited earlier to witness the rally, flocked at the venue, to grab bites & take snaps of the memorable event. It was later aired on the same day by Star Ananda, Kolkata TV, Tara News, & Ctvn. The Conference was a great success with Prof. Tarun Naskar(General Secretary, College & Universities Teachers' Association of India) & Prof. Anjan Sengupta(Secretary, West Bengal Principal's Association) as Guests of Honour on stage, who graced & surcharged the occassion, speaking largely in favour of the oppressed teachers.They agreed with the association's demands at large, and realized the need of doing something for the downtrodden teachers. The eventful day, concluded with the projection of a revolutionary documentary film on the sufferings of the hapless part-time teachers, planned, funded & formulated by the Association itself.

Imp:Conference on 16th April,2010

This is for the general information of all the part-time, guest & contractual lecturers of west bengal that a conference, agitation, & deputation agenda has been undertaken on the 16th of April(Friday) 2010, at 10am at University Institute Hall, College Square, College Street, Kolkata, to voice our demands in front of several electronic & print media, & also some important Govt. dignitories expected to be present on the occasion., All our colleagues across the state are heartily requested to be present at the occassion at the said venue, to make it a big success. For any further informations contact: Elora Biswas (Secretary-North 24 Pgs Part-Timers' Association & Convenor of the conference)-9433931599(Mobile)

An Appeal (We r in the same boat brother)

This is a message from & to all the part-time, contractual & guest lecturers of the Colleges & Universities of West Bengal. We at the present juncture existence may declare ourselves to be the most humiliated & oppressed faction of the educated & intellectual community. Fighting for our legal & social rights we should all, under an unified platform, strive to achieve for ourselves a much better tomorrow, a society where temporary teachers will enjoy security of their service, and will not be inhumanly driven out like stray dogs, out of the campus, by the so-called dignified & elevated college authorities. We would strive till the goal is reached, come what may, & should take a pledge to stand together, hand in hand, to strengthen the present struggle. The present blog started with this objective, invites writings & suggestions along with useful informations, from comrades in various colleges of West Bengal, suffering alike, and also from the sincere well-wishers of this community.