India, June 24 -- The National Democratic Teachers Front (NDTF) has written to Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, urging the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) to recognise the full past service of Delhi University teachers who served in ad-hoc, temporary, or similar roles. The teachers' body demanded that these years be counted for seniority, promotions, and pension eligibility.

In the letter submitted on Monday, NDTF highlighted that the service of thousands of such teachers remains officially unacknowledged despite years-sometimes decades-of teaching in substantive roles. "Delhi University has, over the decades, extensively relied on ad hoc and temporary teachers to fill substantive teaching pos...