Khumukcham Suchitra Devi and Jitendra Kumar Kushwaha
Manipur University, Imphal
Pages:345-351
Non-regular teachers are integral part of the higher education system in India. Despite
playing an important role in uplifting the higher education, they are debarred from a
number of privileges which are given to the regular teachers. Receiving such unfair
treatment may propel them to feel discriminated. The present study attempts to explore
the experience of perceived discrimination among the non-regular teachers working in
the higher educational institutes in Manipur, India. A phenomenological approach was
adopted to analyze the experience of perceived discrimination. Open-ended questions
were employed on 20 non-regular teachers working in the government higher educational
institutes located in the Imphal East and the Imphal West districts of Manipur. Findings
reveal that non-regular teachers are subject to a series of unfair treatments at institutional
level as well as interpersonal level. The grievances of the non-regular teachers in higher
education along with the implications for immediate action to safeguard their interest
and mental health are discussed