Mandatory working hours!

It’s unfortunate UGC is contemplating to assign fixed working hours
to full time university teachers. It would be 40 hours per week which includes mandatory physical presence for 5 hours on the campus each day. Incidentally, for college teachers the same period of working hours was introduced in the earlier pay commission(1996).
It should be kept in mind teaching job is different from other jobs. A teacher’s stay at place of work does not count his working hours.To prepare a lecture he has to do a lot of home work. In fact,for a one-hour lecture he
may have to work for 4 to 5 hours, if not, more. In other services, after
working hours one goes home and relax, but a teacher gets down to work
to get prepared for next day’s work. In universities apart from performing teaching job, a teacher has to supervise research work too. So, more often than not he may require to stay at the campus for longer period than what UGC's earmarked. Hoewever,it’s true a section of teachers take advantage of the present situation and fail to do proper justice to this noble profession by their habitual absenteeism and lack of sincerity. Though unfortunate, such people are present in all professions. What’s more unfortunate,UGC might
suggest, its action is aimed at reining in the activities of these truant academics!