Dear Sirs,
This is with reference to the your mail regarding "no signature no stipend". I would like to request you to reconsider and abolish this demeaning practice. Allow me to put forth my argument against it.
1)We, as TA's, are not full time employees of DA-IICT. In this respect, it is illogical to ask each TA to sign everyday. It would be better to penalize the TA's in case they are not present for their duties.
2)The TA's are chosen on the basis of merit and the reason for that is sincerity. By asking the TA's to sign, you are questioning their sincerity thereby questioning your selection procedure itself.
3)This practice does not give the right message to the TA's. In this system, one can get away with performing below par and putting proxy each day. Not only that, the TA's who are honest find it demeaning.
4)The practice of signing not only wastes the time of the TA's, it eats up valuable human resource of DA-IICT whereby one person has to take care of entering the attendance of the TA's everyday.
Hence, I just do not understand the rationale behind the practice. It is not just socially undesirable but also economically useless(unless you consider the amount of money saved by not paying for the absentees a profit).
In the light of this, I would request you to abolish this practice and send a healthy message to the TA's.
Thanks.
-Chintan Agarwal
(200301066)
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Only if more people sound their opinions, I am sure we would be able to abolish this "draconian"(courtsey Dhadda for the vocab) practice.
The statement:
"(unless you consider the amount of money saved by not paying for the absentees a profit)"
stole the show.
Why not try and rope in Chetan parikh into this, he sounded interested.
Even though I don't sign this now, it still bugs me a lot.
I hope some difference can be made
A mail summarising our meeting with the director. Surprisingly, we got a full months salary this time despite not signing for a couple of days!
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Respected Sir,
We thank you for giving us time to listen to our part of the argument on
the issue. Following are the main points from our meeting:-
1)The signature rule remains as this is the only objective way of knowing
if the TA'a have been regular. Also, the signatures are required for
auditory purposes. Not only this, the need to sign in the morning ensures
that there is some discipline amongst the TA's.
2)It would be useful for the students if they know the rules and
conditions of being a teaching assistant before their appointment.
3)Since being a TA is the first job for many, it would be nice if the HR
or someone from the accounts office could brief the students about the tax
issues at the start of the term.
Thanking You.
Yours Sincerely,
Chintan Agrawal
(200301066)
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