DUTA Dharna to Protest against the University’s failure to Resume Permanent Appointments and Implement the Government’s Reservation Policy in Teaching Posts The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) held a Dharna outside the Vice Chancellor’s office today in order to protest against the University authorities’ failure to start permanent appointments in the 4000 plus vacant teaching posts as well as its inability to implement the 2006 UGC Guidelines on Reservations in teaching posts. Despite assuring teachers that permanent appointments will be kick started before the start of the new academic session, not a single concrete step in this direction has been taken by the Administration. As a result, the victimization of teachers in ad hoc positions continues unabated. This is ominous for the University as the confidence of the teaching community is of paramount importance in the present context of change and uncertainty. This confidence is not available to more than half o
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