DUTA continues DU shutdown, alleges govt planning to disaffiliate 12 colleges
The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) Saturday determined to proceed its “university shutdown”, alleging that the funds launched by the Delhi authorities for 12 DU colleges had been inadequate. The (DUTA) Extended Executive additionally alleged that the 12 Delhi government-funded colleges of Delhi University are being compelled to undertake a brand new doc titled “Pattern of Assistance” of their governing our bodies, by way of which the federal government is attempting to discover methods to “disaffiliate them from the Delhi University”.
The government physique headed by Rajib Ray stated in a gathering that they may proceed the DU shutdown because the grants of Rs 82.79 crore beneath wage head and Rs 9.50 crore beneath different salaries head launched on Friday will solely meet necessities for fee of salaries up to January.
“The provisions of this ‘Pattern of Assistance’ are designed to redefine association of these 12 colleges with Delhi University and divest Delhi government of its funding responsibility by coercing them to gradually become self-sufficient and self-sustaining,” Ray stated in an announcement.
The colleges, which had been earlier referred to as “100% funded Delhi Govt. maintained colleges of DU”, are actually addressed within the doc as “100 % funded Delhi Govt. sponsored faculty affiliated to University of Delhi”.
“The change in the manner of referencing clearly strengthens the apprehension that the Delhi Govt. – earlier tasked with maintaining these educational institutions, is now redefining itself as the sponsor of edu-business units – to find ways of disaffiliating them from Delhi University,” Ray, the president of DUTA, stated.
He added that the change within the nomenclature needs to be seen within the gentle of the plea of the Delhi authorities to the Centre to amend the DU Act in consonance with the National Education Policy 2020.
As per the paperwork, funds shall be “equitably distributed among public HEIs on the basis of their plans and that further funding will depend on their plans and progress”.
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He added that the clauses 3(ii), 3 (iii) and 17 needs to be learn collectively as “a move away from full funding to a gradually reducing adequate funding”.
“(Clause 3-ii). The provisioning of funds for grants wants to be made on internet deficit foundation (i.e., complete income from all sources – complete bills). 3(iii).
The College shall evolve appropriate mechanism to maximise technology of inside sources in order to attain self-sufficiency / self-sustainability over a time period. 17. The Grantee College shall create different sources of revenue within the medium and long run. Release of grants to it shall be linked to technology of revenue from different sources like consultancy and many others,” the assertion learn.
To additional “arm-twist colleges” into producing income, the doc seeks to put in place procedures that can make it troublesome for colleges to truly spend the cash obtained by the use of grants, it added.
The DUTA demanded the Delhi authorities to withdraw the brand new pointers to “maintain the public character of the 12 institutions which have evolved to become reputed institutions under Delhi University providing quality education”.
