Delhi University teachers have refused to participate in the process of admission for the commencing academic session so as to protest the University Grants Commission's (UGC) third amendment.
Why are they planning boycotting the admission process?
The ongoing protest is a repercussion of UGC's notification which would snatch the jobs of 5,000 ad-hoc teachers and leave very slight chances of promotions.
All about the protest:
The teachers have been protesting the process of evaluation since May 24, and also, the threatened to quit the process of admissions
As per the current system of the university, the results of undergraduate coarse came by June 30. However, for the first time, it seems that there would be delay in the announcement of the results for undergraduate course
"The entire evaluation and result declaration process takes 30 days. Now with almost two weeks lost, the results would be delayed," said an official of the examination department
Many politicians also stood by these teachers during the protest
Teachers made a lot of noise by beating steel plates to make the UGC officials pay heed to their voice
Chief whip of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Deepender Hooda, told the teachers that he would take up the issue in Parliament during the monsoon session
JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar was supposed to address the gathering; however, he was refused.
What do the teachers have to say?
"The consultations went on for more than five hours but it is extremely unfortunate the UGC chairperson was not willing to concede anything more than what the ministry of human resource development had already stated in its press release. The UGC chairperson was unwilling to give any assurance on the academic performance indicator (API)," said Nandita Narian, DUTA president.
Source: Indiatoday
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