DUTA Letter to Shri Manish Sisodia, Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister: 11.07.2019

DUTA Letter to Shri Manish Sisodia, Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister: 11.07.2019









11.07.2019


Shri Manish Sisodia
Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister
A-wing, 6th Level, Delhi Secretariat
IP Estate
New Delhi – 110002


Sub: Regarding renewal of appointment of adhoc teachers and release of Additional Funds for EWS Reservation and New Courses

Dear Sir,

We seek your urgent intervention in Delhi Government colleges to ensure reappointment of adhoc teachers on 20th July 2019, the opening day of the new academic session. The insensitive and unimaginative manner of implementation of EWS reservation in teaching posts in Delhi University threatens the livelihood of adhoc teachers who have for years shouldered the responsibility of the academic and corporate life of our colleges. While permanent appointment is yet to begin, the actions of the Central Government, the UGC and the University administration has ominous consequences for the talented but vulnerable young faculty.

You have in the past appreciated the importance of keeping the morale of teachers high and intervened to dispel uncalled for uncertainties and insecurities facing adhoc teachers by ensuring renewal of their appointment on the first day of the new academic session. We urge you to ensure renewal of appointment of all adhoc teachers in these colleges on 20 July 2019, the day the new academic session is to begin.

A permanent solution to the threat to livelihood of adhoc teachers lies in creation of additional teaching posts _pari passu_ with the expansion in student intake. Securing teachers’ livelihood and maintaining educational standards are co-determining. The UGC has failed to appreciate this while allocating funds for additional teachers and non-teaching staff. It has allocated what can be described as a token sum that will be academically inadequate.

Therefore, we wish to draw your attention to our request to you made in our earlier letters for release of funds for the additional posts that are to be created for teaching and non-teaching staff in the wake of the expansion in student intake on account of EWS Reservation. With the increase in the number of students across all disciplines under EWS Reservation, all colleges will require additional funds for salaries and infrastructural development for smooth functioning. We had also drawn your attention to the fact that some of the new courses that were started in these colleges after obtaining the necessary approvals are being starved of funds for appointing teachers required for running these courses. We hope you will take appropriate decisions so that the academic interests of students and institutions are not harmed.

We also reiterate our demand that the Delhi Government release the mandatory 5% funding to the other partially funded colleges in its fold.The CAG has also pointed out that payment is due in many colleges. Non-disbursal of funds on time severely affects the academic and administrative functioning of these colleges.

We hope for your urgent and positive intervention on these issues.

Regards,                                                                                                               

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