DU teachers protest against the Recruitment circular

DU teachers protest against the Recruitment circular

To protest against the ongoing teacher recruitment crisis in the Delhi University, the Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) has begun its indefinite strike in the form of 'VC Gherao'. More than 8000 teachers are participating in the strike.In a statement the Association said that the teachers raised the slogans throughout the day and occupied the Council Hall where Academic Council and Executive Council meetings are held. "The DU circular of 28 August 2019 which asked Departments and Colleges to appoint guest faculty against substantive full time vacancies. Many ad-hoc teachers who have served the University and its colleges for long years have become victims of this grossly unjust and arbitrary decision," the statement said. "Teaching-learning has suffered. And ad hoc teachers have been subjected to uncertainties and humiliation repeatedly," it added.For a long time, the DUTA has been making a demand for the UGC Regulation under which ad hoc and temporary teachers in Delhi University and its colleges are eligible for full-time appointments where regular appointments have not been made. "Let alone taking positive steps toward meeting a demand that is just and is in the interest of the university, the UGC / MHRD have maintained a disturbing silence over the undesirable and unjust university circular," the Association said. The DUTA also said that Principals of the colleges have issued a notice under which rejoining of the ad-hoc teachers is kept in abeyance until the University issues a clear statement on the 28 August 2019 letter. "Salaries of ad-hoc teachers have been on hold in most of the colleges. The DU Principals' Association has now decided to release salaries and continue only those teachers who were serving last semester and were employed in July 2019 in continuation. This will mean that over 400 teachers will lose their jobs from immediate effect," the teachers' body said.The DUTA also said "the chaos and crisis can only be ended through an unconditional withdrawal of the unjust and illegal 28 August letter. The letter has no basis and the matter was never brought to the Academic Council or Executive Council for discussion".

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