PATNA-Govt decision to raise teachers' retirement age gets cabinet nod

In a significant development, the state cabinet on Thursday gave its sanction to the decision of the government to increase the retirement age of university and college teachers from existing 62 to 65 years. The decision would be in operation with retrospective effect from June 30, 2010.

The agenda papers meant for the cabinet meeting noted that the cabinet gave its sanction in view of the announcement made by the CM in this regard on the floor of the state assembly. Earlier, on the occasion of the release of his government's report card on November 25, CM Nitish Kumar had said his government would increase the retirement age of university and college teachers from 62 to 65 years.

Representatives of college and university organizations of the state welcomed the cabinet decision to enhance the age of teachers' superannuation from 62 to 65 years with effect from June 30, 2010.

Federation of University Teachers' Associations of Bihar (Futab) working president K B Sinha, general secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh and secretary Arun Kumar thanked the CM for conceding the long-pending demand of university teachers by enhancing their age of retirement.

Federation of University Service Teachers' Associations of Bihar (Fustab) president Ram Jatan Sinha and secretry Dilip Kumar Chaudhary, while welcoming the cabinet decision, said it would not only provide relief to the teachers as per the UGC recommendations but also ensure regular academic activites in institutions which would have been left with only a few teachers had the teachers retired at 62.

Patna University Teachers' Association general secretary Randhiar Kumar Singh, TPS College Teachers' Association secretary Abu Bakar Rizwi and Arvind Mahila Colege history teacher Asha Tripathy also thanked the chief minister for enhancing the retirement age of college and university teachers.

Courtesy:TOI