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Dr.Prithi Nair K.,
Professor of Microbiology
GMC,TSR

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WORKLOAD, ALLOWANCES & LEAVE as per UGC (press note UGC)

The workload of the teachers should not be less than 40 hours/week for 30 working weeks (180 teaching days) in an academic year.
It should be necessary for the teacher to be available for at least 5 hours daily in the University/College for which necessary space and infrastructure should be provided by the University/College.
Direct teaching hours should be as follows :
Assistant Professor 16 hours
Associate Professor & Professor 14 hours
A relaxation of two hours in the workload may, however, be given to Professors

who are actively involved in research, extension and administration..

A minimum of 6 hours per week may have to be allocated for research activities of the teacher.

Allowances

House Rent Allowance

30% of basic salary for Category X cities (population 50 lakhs and above)

20% of basic salary for Category Y cities (population between 5 and 50lakhs)

10% of basic salary for Category Z cities (population below 5 lakhs)

Transport Allowance

Rs. 3200/-plus DA thereon per month for A-1/A Class cities (13 notified cities)

Rs. 1600/- plus DA thereon per month for other Cities

Children’s Education Allowance (CEA)

Rs. 1000/- per child per month for upto maximum of two children

Rs 3000/- per child per month for those residing in hostel, for upto two children.

Academic Allowance

Rs. 1500/- per month for Assistant Professor.

Rs. 1200/- per month for Associate Professor.

Special Compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance and Special Compensatory (Remote

Locality) Allowance will be allowed as admissible to central government employees.

Special (Duty) Allowance for Teachers Serving in North Eastern Region

including Sikkim and Ladakh

The Committee recommends a Special (Duty) Allowance at the rate of 12.5% on pay

plus grade pay to teachers serving in these areas as applicable to Central Government employees.

Leave Travel concession

LTC travel to Home Town three times in a four year block, not exceeding once in a

Year. LTC may be allowed for any place in India once in a block of four years.

LTC for family members may be allowed to be combined with seminars/workshops

and other academic assignments being attended.

Traveling Allowance

TA rules admissible to central Government employees wherein all those with grade

pay of Rs. 5400 and above have been allowed air travel may also be extended to

teachers as well. Teachers may also be allowed TA/DA as admissible from time to

time to Central / State Government employees, as the case may be.

Medical Insurance

Medical Insurance for all teachers with a teacher contributing 30% of the premium

and the rest to be contributed by the employer. UGC to negotiate with leading

medical insurance companies to get a better all India deal.

Group Insurance

The VI Central Pay Commission recommendations of raising an employee’s

contribution from Rs. 120/- to Rs. 720/- for a group insurance may be adopted for all

university and college teachers throughout the country. UGC should once again

negotiate with leading insurance companies to get a better deal for all institutions.

Consultancy

Teachers in universities and colleges should be encouraged to accept Consultancy,

Directing Projects, registering patents, R&D products and technology transfers.

Resources earned to be in the following manner:

Amount received upto 30% of the gross salary (basic salary+grade pay+academic allowance) No sharing

Amount received beyond 30% and upto the Sharing of gross salary amount beyond 30% in the ratio 70% and 30% between the teacher and the Institution

Amount receive beyond the gross salary 50-50 of the amount received beyond the gross salary between the teacher and the institution This arrangement should work for five years thereafter it should be reviewed in view of future developments.

Various Kinds of Leave admissible to teachers

Both university and college teachers should be entitled to Sabbatical leave which should be available to any teacher for a year after six years of teaching or for a semester after three years of teaching.
A teacher should be entitled for sabbatical for only two years or four semesters during her/his entire career.
There should be no bar on a teacher getting both sabbatical and study leave against approved research projects.
Maternity leave may be granted to a female teacher for 180 days and twice in one’s career.
Paternity leave of 15 days may be granted to teacher father.
Child care leave for 2 years (730 days) may be granted to a female teacher.
Admissibility of other kinds of leave remains unchanged.

Mohankumar CMC