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The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - NCR stories DUTA steps up pressure with relay hunger strike Our Correspondent New Delhi, September 17 The resolve of the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) to intensify pressure on the Vice-Chancellor came forth today in the form of a relay hunger strike outside his office. Eight teachers, including the DUTA president, vice-president and other members of the executive were involved in the demonstration. The decision to organise relay hunger strike and dharnas outside the VC’s office was taken at the DUTA General Body Meeting yesterday, which was attended by over two thousand teachers. The move was aimed at ensuring that the V-C upholds the Ordinance XIII of the Delhi University, which sets the workload of teachers at 15 hours. The General Body of DUTA had condemned the Vice- Chancellor for delaying the completion of proceedings of the Workload Committee and bowing to the pressures of the UGC, thereby jeopardising the auto

The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - NCR stories DUTA ends strike, to begin relay fast Our Correspondent New Delhi, September 16 The week-long ‘Save Higher Education’ strike, announced by the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA), concluded here today. However, the saga of protests is not over. The DUTA, at its general body meeting, ratified the proposal to go on an indefinite relay hunger strike outside the Vice-Chancellor’s office from tomorrow. The week-long strike seems to have proved successful as the V-C today promised to ensure that the workload committee, instituted to review the workload norms, presented its report on a priority basis. He further agreed to call for an immediate meeting of the Academic Council to take a final decision on the workload norms. This followed admittance by the UGC that the issue of teacher workload is primarily academic in nature and hence falls outside its purview. The UGC, in a letter to the V-C, urged him to resolve the iss

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