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Coimbatore
Over 400 college teachers arrested
January 20, 2016
Nearly 400 teachers of government colleges from four districts were arrested today, when they attempted to stage a demonstration in front of the Deputy Director of Collegiate Education here, asking their demands be addressed.
The demands include, filling of vacant posts in various Government-aided colleges and fixing proper pay scale and grade for those who joined after January 2006 based on their merit, police said.
They also wanted the Government to appoint Vice-Chancellors to various universities, which had vacancies.
Teachers from Coimbatore, Erode, Tirupur and the Nilgiris districts participated in the agitation.
