Mangalore : The Pre University College Principals, Lecturers, and Non Teaching Staff Association staged protest in front of the DC’s office on Dec 9 Friday demanding the equal salary to the PU nad Degree lecturers.

A number of teachers’ and students’ organizations are supporting the association.

Addressing the protestors, Prof. Narahari, the president of the Association of Mangalore University College Teachers (AMUCT), said that government has been unfair with the lecturers of Pre University in the wage policy even though PUC teachers have the same qualifications as Degree teachers.

He also said that that lecturers have protested many times, but the government has never considere3d and went on ignoring their demands, hence they will stage indefinite protest.

Dr. N. Ismail, Jagjeevandas Bhandary, Jayaram Shetty, Radhakrishna Rao Kandila, and Prof. Gopinath were present