Protest against reckless academic reforms in Delhi Univeristy

A joint protest march and Dharna was organized by various teachers’ and students’ organizations on 24th August in the North Campus of Delhi University against the reckless manner in which the host of academic ‘reforms’ including the proposed 4 years undergraduate course and the meta university concept are being pushed through in the university. The earlier experience is for all to see- inflated scores on one hand, while mass failures on the other; acute crisis of infrastructural facilities in various colleges, recurring administrative lapses have become order of the day for the students.

More than 600 teachers and students marched from the Vivekananda statue to the VC office, going through various colleges of the campus. The authoritarian attitude of the administration was clear once again, when for the first time in the last 40 years, the gates of the VC office were blocked by police barricades. It was only after the relentless pressure of the students and the teachers that the proctor was forced to give orders for removing the barricades.

The dharna at the VC office was addressed by: Prashant (AIDSO), Sunny (AISA), Durgesh (AISF), Sachin (CTF) and Sunand (SFI).

SFI resolves to intensify the fight against the ongoing process of neo-liberal reforms which are being pushed through at the diktats of the UPA government, ruining the future of the student community and declares that today’s protest rally only marks the beginning of a series of protest actions and broader movement in the University.