Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Faculty Association Demands Salaries, Genuine Insurance From Colleges
A faculty association in Telangana says college teachers should receive all the money they are owed.
The government has released fee reimbursement funds for the current financial year.
The association says some colleges still paid teachers only part of their salaries for eight months.
It wants colleges to follow rules requiring full salaries, including seventh pay scale benefits.
It also says teachers need real accident insurance and working health cards.
The association alleged that some colleges submitted fake insurance records.
It said teachers have also not received payment for supervising examinations.
The group is asking colleges to pay all these dues quickly.
TSTCEA demanded immediate payment of full faculty salaries after the government released current-year fee reimbursement funds.
The association said many private technical colleges paid only partial salaries for eight months.
It urged colleges to provide genuine group accident insurance and operational health cards as required by AICTE norms.
TSTCEA alleged that some engineering institutions uploaded fake or dummy insurance documents to regulatory portals.
The association also demanded overdue examination invigilation fees and said colleges had no justification to withhold staff dues.
- Who
- Telangana Schools Technical College’s Employees Association, led by State President A Santosh Kumar, and technical college managements.
- What
- The association demanded full faculty salaries, genuine insurance and health cards, and payment of examination invigilation fees.
- When
- The demands were reported on Sunday; the association said partial salary payments had continued for the past eight months and invigilation fees had been unpaid for several years.
- Where
- Technical colleges across Telangana, including institutions in the Abdullapurmet region.
- Why
- The association said government fee reimbursement funds had been released and that colleges must comply with salary, insurance and remuneration requirements.
- Association
- Telangana Schools Technical College’s Employees Association (TSTCEA)
- Spokesperson
- State President A Santosh Kumar
- Salary concern
- Many institutions allegedly paid only partial salaries for eight months.
- Insurance requirement
- The association cited AICTE norms requiring genuine group accident insurance.
- Reported insurance issue
- TSTCEA alleged that some institutions uploaded fake or dummy insurance documents.
- Additional dues
- Examination invigilation remuneration was allegedly unpaid for several years.