DUTA launches a united struggle against adhocism in Delhi University
Over a thousand teachers gathered in a Dharna today at the Arts Faculty Gate from 1 p.m. to 3p.m., to demand early regularisation of ad hoc and temporary teachers with correct GoI roster. Speaker after speaker expressed their strong protest at the failure of the University administration in holding permanent interviews to fill up the vacancies in teaching posts. They narrated how interviews in only select departments in the last 8 years have led to a huge increase in the number of ad hoc teachers teaching in Delhi University reaching a massive number of over 4500 at present. Teachers working in this capacity face immense hardships as their services are renewed every four months and they are often denied vacation salaries and other benefits like leave, etc. While on the one hand, Government documents repeatedly claim that there is lack of talented and qualified teachers, it is shocking that the MHRD and the UGC have allowed Delhi University to keep teachers in this vulnerable state of employment for long years leading to a demoralisation of talented young aspirants.
The DUTA President, Nandita Narain expressed solidarity with the ad hoc colleagues and said that the only solution to this grim problem was to immediately regularise both ad hoc and temporary teachers, working within the Constitutional framework of the DoPT roster and other legal obligations. A. K. Bhagi, member of the Executive Council, emphasized the fact that since 2007, the Delhi University has been constantly violating its own rules by not holding permanent and temporary interviews for filling up posts where ad hocs have been working for more than 4 months. Aditya Narayan Mishra, former DUTA President, feared that with the slashing of funds meant for the development and promotion of higher education by the government, contractual jobs might become a reality in the near future. The Dharna culminated with a March to the V.C. office. The teachers present in the Dharna agreed that DUTA should immediately chalk out an action program to put pressure on the University to commence permanent appointments.
| NANDITA NARAIN President, DUTA |
SANDEEP Secretary, DUTA |
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