The committee, headed by G K Chadha, met here today and decided to suggest provision of additional incentives at entry level for teachers and a set of new benefits to ensure that teachers get a "decent deal".

"At present the retirement age varies from state to state. There are states where it is 55 years while certain states have 58, 60, 62 and 65 as the age of retirement. We will suggest 65 years as the retirement age which will be of immense benefit for institutions and students," Chadha told reporters.

This suggestion, if implemented, will help the experienced teachers to render their expertise to students, he said.

Besides, the career of teachers becomes stagnant after a certain stage. The committee will look at ways to break the stagnation to bring back the enthusiasm back to teachers.

The committee will suggest additional incentives at entry level which could be in the form of some kind of academic allowances or allowance for working in remote and inaccessible areas.

However, Chadha did not specify when the committee, which has been given one month extension this month, will submit its report.

The recommendations will give relief to nearly five lakh teachers in about 400 universities and 6000 colleges.