Mumbai: The Mumbai Municipal Teachers Association (MMTA) has threatened to intensify their protest towards the extension of the retirement age in BMC schools from 62 years to 64 years. The protesting medical doctors have threatened to resign en masse and sit on a hunger strike if the round extending the age isn’t withdrawn, the affiliation stated on Sunday.
The BMC commissioner raised the retirement age of medical teachers-cum-doctors to 64 years from 62 years final month, aligning it with the retirement restrict at authorities medical schools in Maharashtra. However, the choice sparked outrage among the many youthful cadre of medical doctors who consider it’s going to lead to additional stagnation of youthful people. Under the umbrella of MMTA, the medical doctors additionally met BMC commissioner IS Chahal on March 3 to persuade him to rethink the choice. The MMTA members stated they plan to go on an indefinite hunger strike on rotation from April 1 if wanted . They additionally threatened mass resignations with a one-month discover which they plan to serve on March 30.
The affiliation additionally plans to legally problem the order. Dr Ravindra Deokar of MMTA stated they’re additionally gathering help from different associations, together with MARD, Students Committee, Nursing and Paramedics associations, Class 3-4 associations, amongst others. “We require well timed recruitment and promotions at junior ranges and never extending service restrict on the high,” he stated. In 2015, the federal government elevated the retirement age of medical teachers to 64 years as state-run schools had been dealing with a scarcity of manpower. Citing related grounds, just a few deans from BMC schools moved a proposal final December, which obtained permitted in February.
