'Salary figures manipulated'

15 May 2011 11:30 am

Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) today said that the academics’ salary figures publicized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) are manipulated to benefit the claims of FUTA demands to be unfair.

FUTA President Dr. Ranjith Nirmal Dewasiri told Daily Mirror Online that the figures which the UGC have released contain figures higher than what the academics actually get paid. “For example, the figure of a senior professor’s salary according to the UGC is about Rs. 30,000 higher than what is actually paid. The numbers they have released are nothing but a statistical gimmick to benefit their statements,” he said. 

Speaking further Dr. Dewasiri stated that they have expressed their willingness to engage in a negotiated settlement with concerns to providing solutions to their demands and are awaiting an appointment for discussions with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. (Lakna Paranamanna)