DUTA Delhi University Teachers' Association

The DUTA is aghast at the cold-blooded indifference of the University authorities, in general, and the Vice-Chancellor of DU, in particular, towards the DUSU representatives who are sitting on indefinite hunger strike to demand withdrawal of payment on online registration for admission. The demand of the DUSU is absolutely justified as there is a serious goof-up and aberration in the formating of online registration. The system shows that the form is accepted even before the payment is made. As a result, thousands of forms have been shown as accepted while only a few have deposited the fee online. This serious lapse on the part of the University is going to deny the right of admission to thousands of students. Moreover, online registration does not entail any expenditure on the part of the University. This kind of functioning defies all logic and common sense. Apart from this dithering and dilly-dallying stance of the Vice-Chancellor, this apathy to ignore the striking DUSU repre

Click here to view in fullscreen.   Get regular DUTA updates.   

The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) opposes the HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal’s surreptitious attempt to provide a via-media for stabilizing the functioning of already existing foreign educational institutions in the country, through Accreditation. This move is undemocratic and sly, considering that the Foreign Educational Institutions Bill and National Accreditation Regulatory Authority Bill are still pending in the Parliament. The DUTA is aware that the two Bills have provoked intense discontent and opposition amongst elected representatives across the political spectrum. The DUTA supports this opposition as it is of the considered view that these Bills will pave the way for wholesale commercialization of higher education and the imminent surrender of the State’s responsibility for public education to private and foreign players. Even as the said Bills are being debated upon in the Parliament, Mr. Sibal’s effort to bail the existing foreign institutions out smacks