Forum of Academics for Social Justice has written a letter to Delhi University Vice Chancellor Professor Yogesh Kumar Singh and Registrar Dr. Vikas Gupta demanding that before the start of the admission process for SC, ST, OBC quota in UG, PG, PhD courses in the colleges of Delhi University, subject-wise, the data of the reserved category admissions in beta -, commercial and humanities courses from the past five years are requested and checked.
“It has become clear that in recent years the colleges have given more admission than the sanctioned places, while the reserved places are not filled in proportion. These colleges do not follow the UGC guidelines and reservation circulars/instructions from the Ministry of Education. As is known, this time admission in DU is done by means of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) score. Also, the admission schedule for undergraduate courses will be released on Monday, September 12. At the same time, the session for postgraduate courses will start at the end of October. In addition, the admission process to the PhD is expected to be completed from November,” the letter reads.
The forum stressed in its letter that according to the Indian government’s reservation policy, there is a quota of SC – 15 percent, ST – 7.5 percent, Other Backward Classes (OBC) – 27 percent and EWS – 10 percent cent reservations, except PWD , Wards, ECA, Sports, Kashmiri Migrants and redundant quotas.
According to the letter, the full guidelines for admission into the 2022-23 academic session in Delhi University will be issued on Monday, September 12. After that, a counseling process for seat allocation will take place in October, which will lead to admissions to various universities of applied sciences.
dr. Suman states in the letter that, apart from 70 thousand seats, universities of applied sciences are increasing the number of seats at their own level by 10 percent annually. “Most colleges do not fill the seats of reserved categories in the correct proportion of the increased seats. He also said that 10 percent reservations have been made for economically weaker students of the general category, leading to an overall 25 percent increase in the total number of seats to be filled in DU. For example, according to university statistics, there are more than 75,000 chairs up for grabs this year,” the letter reads.
He claims that each college releases a high-cut-off list at the time of admission, leaving reserved category places vacant each year.
“The dean, Student Welfare, will hold a special ride after the fifth cut-off list to fill the reserved places; even then, there is only a slight easing in the cut-off,” the forum states. dr. Suman says that although students are available, they can’t get admission just because colleges don’t lower their threshold to accommodate them. The college board can fill the seats by realistically and sufficiently reducing the cut-off, provided they have a genuine intention to fill the reserved seats, he added.
He also informed that complaint cells have been created in colleges for the teachers/staff/students of the reserved categories, but these cells do not work; they only exist on paper. The lecturers appointed in the cell say they have not been given any authority to represent the university. In addition, such teachers are appointed by the directors in the cell who are their favorite without following any democratic or rotating method. He says that if the Complaint Cells fulfill their role properly, there would be no problem regarding the admission of students to colleges, the appointment of teachers and promotions, but these cells obey the dictates of the directors.
The MOB has requested the VC to provide data from the colleges/departments of the students before the admission process begins. He says that, if possible, DU should form a college guidance committee that should include the teachers of the reserved category in addition to current and former academic councilors.
The proposed oversight committee should talk to SC, ST, OBC students about the problems they face and prepare a report on the status of the facilities in the colleges to be sent to UGC, the Ministry of Education, the SC, the ST committee and the parliamentary committee. Apart from this, this report should be made public in the media so that the common people can know how the mechanisms of redress from discrimination are applied in universities/colleges.
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