Over 1,900 lecturers in Karnataka yet to receive payment for evaluation of II PU papers: Report
Bengaluru: Over 1,900 pre-university lecturers across Karnataka have reportedly not been paid their evaluation honorarium for the II PU examinations of the 2025–26 academic year.
According to the Karnataka Pre-University College Lecturers’ Association, the pending amount of Rs 13.5 crore has not been released by the government. “The government has to pay exam paper evaluation money to 1,908 candidates. We have decided to submit a letter to Deputy Commissioners of all 31 districts on November 7, placing our demands,” The New Indian Express quoted Association President Ningegowda AH as saying.
He further stated that if the issue remains unresolved, the Association would organise a one-day protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru within the next 20 days.
Ningegowda further criticised the education department for making key decisions without consulting lecturers or college principals. "In June, the third round of exams is held for PU-II students and at the same time, a new batch is promoted from PU-I to PU-II . Holding classes and conducting exams is a burden,” he shared.
Highlighting the growing strain on teaching staff, he noted that lecturers are now required to conduct extra classes for new batch while managing evaluation duties. “None of the states or even other forms of syllabus, including CBSE, conducts three rounds of exams,” he stated.
“Earlier, lecturers used to get 45 holidays during summer and 15 days for Dasara. Now, there are no holidays as we need to conduct classes for students who fail in the first and second round of exams,” Ningegowda lamented, adding that the situation has contributed to mental stress among lecturers.
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Indigo flights chaos: SCR to run special trains to clear passenger rush
Hyderabad (PTI): The South Central Railway on Saturday announced that it would run four special trains to manage the surge in passengers resulting from the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights here.
The move comes as flyers face significant disruption and long queues at the airport due to the cancellation.
A press release from the SCR said it is running the special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers to Chennai, Mumbai and Shalimar (Kolkata) from Hyderabad today.
Meanwhile, as many as 43 outbound Indigo flights were cancelled from here on Saturday, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport sources said.
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Similarly, 26 incoming flights are also likely to be cancelled during the day, they said.
The flight cancellations drew ire from passengers, who thronged the IndiGo counters at the airport demanding to know the exact situation.
“This is utter nonsense! Digiyatra done, message received that departure has been rescheduled ahead of the scheduled departure and now upon arriving at Hyderabad airport coming to know at the security checkpoint that Indigo flight is cancelled,” Tarun Singha, former Ministry of Defence spokesperson said in a post on X.
“But the thing is if you don’t shout they do nothing. Example at Hyderabad Airport, there was no staff no flight information for an hour. Then a fellow passenger started shouting on mic and an Indigo staff appeared finally,” a netizen said in a post.
On Friday, when IndiGo cancelled over 1,000 flights from across airports, its CEO Pieter Elbers apologised in a video message for the major inconvenience caused to passengers due to the disruptions.
In the one-way video communication, Elbers also said that the airline was expecting fewer than 1,000 flights on Saturday.
