Proposal to increase pension age of college teachers to 60

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The higher education council suggested a proposal to increase the pension age of government college teachers to 60 similar to the UGC package. The pension age of teachers at present is 56.

The government had obtained the proposal to increase the pension age as per the UGC criteria. But the government refused to take a decision fearing protests from all sides. The council vice president Sreenivasan said the college teachers organisations are not against increasing the pension age