6,000 Punjab college teachers on mass leave on Teachers' Day
Over 6,000 government and non-government college teachers went on mass leave and held a protest in Chandigarh on Teachers' Day to press for their demands. The teachers said the University Grants Commission has recommended a higher pay scale but it hasn't been implemented yet. They demanded the Punjab government to regularise services of 1,925 contractual college teachers hired in 2015.nn