Last updated: March 03, 2023, 2:41 PM IST
DU teachers went on hunger strike for 12 hours due to the delay in forming governing bodies in 28 colleges (representative image)
Several Delhi University teachers also demanded the inclusion of ad hoc and temporary teachers working in various DU colleges
Several Delhi University teachers went on a 12-hour hunger strike over the delay in forming governing bodies in 28 colleges funded by the Arvind Kejriwal government.
The strike of the AAP teachers’ department – Academics for Action & Development Delhi Teachers Association (AADTA) – started at the Faculty of Arts around 7 am. They also demanded the inclusion of ad hoc and temporary teachers working in various colleges of Delhi University.
Several members of the varsity’s Executive Council, Academic Council, and Finance Committee participated in the strike. Some former members and chairmen of the Governing Bodies (GB) were also part of the demonstration, AADTA said in a statement.
“The large-scale participation demonstrates the anger of the education community at how the university administration has politicized GB education in these colleges and the recruitment process in a narrowly partisan manner,” it said.
Last month, the Delhi government had sent the list of its nominees for the formation of governing bodies to the university and at the February 3 meeting of the Executive Council, the list was not submitted for approval, the statement said.
When Executive Council members Seema Das and RS Pawar raised the issue at the meeting, DU Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh said there were technical difficulties, the AADTA claimed.
“In mid-February, the University Board randomly sent three GB nominees to Bharati College, in violation of the University’s Statute 30(1) and EC Resolution 51 (2012). When the policy of the university administration is to proceed with the mass relocations of 70 percent ad hoc and temporary teachers, it is committed to being accountable to the elected government,” the AADTA said in the statement.
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