The G.O of 26.08.2010 instructing all the colleges to stop any further appointment of part- time teachers.

Govt. of West Bengal assures the terms of the ensuing G.O on 25th August,2010

The much anticipated meeting between Elora Biswas, Dr. Asim Dasgupta, & Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury

Elora Biswas, the Convenor of West Bengal College & University Part Time Teachers' Association, had a joint meeting with the State HE Minister & the Finance Minister at Writers Building on 25th August , 2010 on the forthcoming G.O anticipated to secure the service of thousands of  part time lecturers in the colleges & universities of the State. According to the decision of the meeting Elora Biswas declared to the members at Esplanade, Kolkata that the Govt. has strictly committed that:  1.All the part time lecturers, serving till date, irrespective of their date of joining, will be entitled to serve in their respective colleges till the age of 60.(This point has been rigorously committed by & strictly emphasised upon by the Govt.)  2.All the part time teachers retrenched till date will be reinstated.  3.A part time teacher will be allowed to serve in only one college.  4.Remuneration will stand at a 35% hike to the existing salary(as already declared in the State Budget 2010-2011)  5.Remuneration will be send every month, by name of the teachers, to the respective colleges, by cheque.

6.The Govt. will issue an order with immediate effect, instructing all the college authorities in the State to stop any further recruitment of part time teachers.  7.The new pay offer will come into effect from the 1st of September, 2010.  8.All the part time teachers will attend college two days per week, taking eight classes.  9.The Govt. has ensured to think in positive terms about the Contractual teachers too, about providing them the same service security like that of the part time teachers.10.The Finance minister has sympathetically assured to redress some other grievances of the part time teachers & has declared that the G.O is now expected any day to see the light of the day, after this meeting with Elora Biswas.

Elora Biswas meets the HE Minister & DPI

On 3rd August, 2010, Elora Biswas along with her associates met the HE Minister at Bikash Bhavan & their nearly two hours' discussion regarding the termination of part-time, guest & contractual lecturers all around the state and other issues regarding the ensuing G.O may be said to be fruitful. Later, Mrs. Biswas also had a lengthy discussion with DPI regarding the problem of the Govt. Colleges in the State, when the latter re-assured Mrs. Biswas that all such problems will be solved very soon.

The association members also had a chance meeting with Prof. Anjan Sengupta,(Gen. Secretary, W.B Principals' Association) who also assured that he would raise the question of termination to the concerned college Principals and added that the G.O under process is expected to solve all these problems.