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After days of protest, guest lecturers’ pay hiked by ₹5K
The New Indian Express
|February 27, 2026
AFTER 17 consecutive days of boycott and statewide protests by guest lecturers, the state government on Thursday announced a hike of ₹5,000 in their consolidated monthly pay, raising it to ₹30,000 with effect from March 1.
The higher education department has issued a Government Order (G.O.), dated February 25, in this regard.
Higher education minister Govi Chezhiaan said the DMK government led by Chief Minister MK Stalin has always focused on the welfare of people and the hike will be implemented for guest lecturers working in arts and science colleges, engineering colleges and polytechnic colleges as well.
For more than two weeks, 8,800 guest lecturers working in 183 government arts and science colleges had abstained from academic duties, demanding a substantial pay revision. The agitating guest lecturers, who currently receive ₹25,000 per month, have been demanding ₹57,700 per month on a par with the entry-level salary of the assistant professors.
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