Lallan Kumar is one disappointed teacher who is tired of waiting for students to attend his classes. The Hindi teacher has now made up his mind and returned his last two years' salary to the college and has requested the college administration to transfer him to a place where he can teach students as his conscience does not allow him to get a salary without doing his job.
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Lallan Kumar, is a professor who is done waiting for students to come to his class and has now returned his two years' salary to his employers because no one attends his class.
Kumar, who works as an assistant professor of Hindi language at the Nitishwar college in Bihar, India, reportedly gave back the money – equivalent to 33 months’ worth of pay – stating that ‘there’s no one to teach, so what’s the salary for?’.
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Even though for many people being paid to do nothing is like a dream come true, but for Prof. Kumar, this isn't how it is done.
He was left feeling disappointed about this siutation and now wants his transfer to be done to another college.
He told Times Now: "My conscience does not allow me to take a salary without teaching. Even during online classes [during the pandemic], there were only a handful of students present for Hindi classes.”
He added: “If I take a salary without teaching for five years, it would be academic death for me.”
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According to local reports, the offer of his Rs 23,80,000 (£25,108) returned salary has been rejected by the college.
The college also maintains that his claims aren’t accurate and says that due to the Covid-19 outbreak classes have not been taken offline.
Speaking on NDTV, he said: “When I’d joined, I was not posted to a college where I could teach postgraduate classes. Those with lower ranks [in the selection process] got those postings. Here, the students never show up.”
Kumar adds that his request to transfer has been ignored many times and he has now threatened a ‘sit-in protest’ if his demands are not met.
However, Manoj Kumar, principal of the college, has shut down the claims made by Kumar.
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He told NDTV that the allegations that Kumar’s classes had a zero attendance rate are baseless and that the issues had stemmed from the pandemic.
He said: “For two years, classes were disrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic.”
He went on to say that the professor should have reached out to him directly if he wanted a transfer.
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RK Thakur, Vice-Chancellor of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, which the college is part of, said it will look into claims from Kumar of non-attendance from students.
He added: “Professor Lallan Kumar is upset regarding his transfer demand. He has given us a cheque but we have not accepted it.”