A case of total neglect

In the realm of higher education, where policies and rules are supposedly designed to ensure fairness and efficiency, a significant group of individuals remains overlooked and marginalized. These are the academic arrangement employees, who have dedicated years of service to colleges yet find themselves ensnared in a vicious cycle of neglect, uncertainty, and exploitation. Despite their significant contributions to the education sector, they are left to navigate a system that offers neither financial security nor acknowledgment of their efforts.

Rules, often seen as a hallmark of structure and verification, have become tools of suppression for these employees. While permanent employees enjoy stable jobs with attractive salaries, academic arrangement staff are burdened by a system that denies them fundamental rights. They face the absence of increments, age relaxations, or any pathway to permanent positions. Over time, many of them have crossed the age limit for regular employment, leaving them in a state of perpetual uncertainty about their future.

One of the most pressing issues faced by academic arrangement employees is the delay in salaries. It has been four months since they last received payment. These delays have pushed many to the brink of despair, struggling to meet even basic needs. Are they not human? Don’t they deserve the dignity of timely financial compensation? The prolonged indifference has led some to contemplate extreme measures like suicide, as they see no light at the end of the tunnel.

The progress of the education sector is impossible without acknowledging the contributions of academic arrangement employees. It is imperative for authorities to streamline the system to ensure timely payment of salaries. Policies for regularization and salary increments must be implemented to provide these employees with security and respect. Their hard work should no longer go unnoticed or unappreciated.

The question remains: who will listen to their cries? The voices of these employees reverberate in the corridors of power, but no one seems to respond. The neglect of this vital workforce is not just an administrative failure but a moral one as well. It is high time the system acknowledges their struggles and takes tangible steps toward justice. Without immediate intervention, this continued neglect will only deepen their despair and erode their faith in the system.

Academic arrangement employees have long been the backbone of the education sector, despite the injustices they endure. It is time for those in power to act with empathy and responsibility. The system must be reformed to ensure justice and dignity for these individuals. For how long will they suffer in silence? For how long will they remain trapped in a system that neither values their contributions nor acknowledges their existence? This is not just their fight but a call to reform a broken system for the betterment of education as a whole.