Mangalore :  The teaching staffs of the polytechnic colleges of the twin districts boycotted evaluation work demanding the immediate implementation of the AICTE pay scale on Jan 14, on Friday.
Addressing the protestors, Vishwanath K, Mangalore Zonal president of Karnataka Polytechnic Teachers’ Association, said that the AICTE pay scale ought to have been implemented from Jan 1, 2006, but the government is avoid it giving various reasons.
He also said that, the decision of government is unfair, he said that the polytechnic lecturers have been waiting for the revised pay scales since 2006 and demanded pay equal to that of engineering college lecturers on behalf of the other protestors.