Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) will stage a protest outside Vice Chancellor’s office opposing the decision of culling candidates applying for vacant teaching positions. Alleging violation of Government’s policy on reservation, DUTA will also demand proper implementation of Reservation roster of the University.
Taking an offensive against the University for its newly-inducted proposal to screen and limit the number of teaching candidates, the DUTA Executive held a meeting on Wednesday and decided to oppose it upfront by staging a dharna at V-C Dinesh Singh’s office on October 19.
According to the DUTA President, points system introduced to screen candidates before the interview for teaching post will “adversely affect the appointments process.”
“The DUTA demands that all screening criteria must be removed and every candidate fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria, as set by the UGC, must be allowed before the Selection Committees,” said Nandita Narain, President, DUTA.
Currently the vacant teaching positions that are being advertised across the University, require the candidate to go through a screening before the interview on the basis of some points secured by the candidate as a part of Academic
Performance Indicators. The DUTA also voiced concern over the deliberate attempt, on the part of the University authorities, to implement the Reservations Roster in a manner that violates the Government’s directives and distorts its policy on Social Justice. The DUTA has issue with the fact that the roster is applied department-wise when the rules clearly state that it should be applied to the college as a “whole unit.”
The Association has also appealed to the Vice Chancellor and his team of officials to meet and resume dialogue with the DUTA on all the contentious issues pertaining to Appointments and Reservations, so that the way to an amicable resolution may be paved at the earliest.
The DUTA has also slammed the Delhi Government’s decision to seek quotas for local residents of the State, saying, “Being a Central University, the Delhi University is open to students across the country and its national character needs to be respected. All Delhi University colleges are governed by the Delhi University Act of 1922. Hence, the State Government has no right to infringe on the University’s sovereignty by imposing quotas on colleges or create any functional differences between colleges of the University. The DUTA will firmly oppose any move to delink colleges from the Delhi University under any pretext.”