DUTA Press Release: 27 November 2018

Teachers of Delhi University gathered at Parliament Street today under the banner of DUTA to protest against the complete lack of apathy of the MHRD towards the issues concerning teachers not only of DU but affecting universities across the country. The DUTA has been repeatedly raising these issues through representations to the UGC and MHRD but it has fell on deaf ears. Teachers are particularly exercised over the failure of the MHRD to implement revised allowances and pensions, consequent to the VII Pay Revision, and disbursal of the required funds for its implementation.

The appointment process is at a halt and the regularisation of thousands of ad-hoc teachers is dependent on the withdrawal of the 5 March 2018 UGC letter asking for implementation of department/subject wise reservation roster and the subsequent freeze on appointments. The DUTA demands that the Government initiate immediate steps to promulgate an Ordinance in the upcoming session of Parliament so that the appointments can begin immediately.

Other long standing issues include relentless policy attacks on higher education that will fundamentally change the character, content and reach of public-funded education in the country. These include steps to force universities into the Tripartite MoU, replacing grants by loans through HEFA, Graded Autonomy and Categorisation of Universities.

The teachers of DU join hands in demanding the scrapping of the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and assured pension to all employees across the country. The DUTA also highlighted its fundamental opposition to attempts by the Government to crush the voices of resistance among teachers, by bringing in CCS rules for teachers, teaching-evaluation under ESMA and the surreptitious attempt to amend the DU Act.

PFA copy of Memorandum submitted to MHRD – Link