All is Well?

A call to save DU, students and teachers!

Where to start?

Let’s begin with the minimum expectation from the DUTA leadership – to defend its members and their dignity. The increased assault on teachers – first in BRAC, then in the Law Faculty, and then in MLN-E – has exposed the current DUTA leadership as complicit with the authorities to protect the culprits. The callousness with which the NDTF leadership has tackled these cases of direct physical assault on teachers has made them fend for themselves with no security.

The Hindu College Staff Association, along with students, has been protesting for six weeks against the show-cause notices issued to three teachers: since the Staff Association has courageously exposed over-admissions in the sports quota. Instead of an inquiry to investigate violations of admission rules and the total lack of transparency, the whistleblowers have been targeted. The DUTA leadership’s total abdication on the matter has further infuriated the struggling teachers.

The assault on teachers’ service conditions has received a similarly lukewarm response. Probation periods of teachers in several colleges, including HRC, SOL and SBSC-E, have been extended and promotions are pending in colleges including HRC and DSC. Show-cause notices have become the norm for the teachers in SOL. Continue reading →