Teachers have taken the decision in response to the given by the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) to protest against the indifference of the Punjab government towards higher education in the state.

The president of Chandigarh District Council of PCCTU Professor Rakesh Mehta today said, “Executive members of PCCTU along with 21 teachers working in the affiliated colleges of Punjabi University, Patiala, will court arrest in support of our demands.”

Vice-president of the PCCTU Prof Anil Sarwal added that the members of the union had earlier courted arrest in September, 2007, but they had deferred their action programme following assurances by the government that their demands would be sympathetically looked into.

The decision to revive the agitation was taken in the meeting of PCCTU held on December 31 at Moga.

The president of PCCTU, Professor S S Hundal, said the teachers working in the affiliated colleges of Punjabi University will go on casual leave whereas teachers working in the affiliated colleges of Guru Nanak Dev University and Panjab University will send delegates to Chandigarh and will also hold campus rallies.