DUTA PRESS RELEASE, 24.5.2016

ALL TWELVE EVALUATION CENTRES CLOSED ON FIRST DAY OF BOYCOTT

On the first day of the Evaluation Boycott call given by the DUTA teachers voluntarily stayed from evaluation of scripts of undergraduate examinations, in protest against the draconian UGC Gazette Notification of 4th May, that will lead to loss of jobs for about 5000 ad-hoc, temporary and guest teachers of Delhi University, most of whom have been teaching in our University for many years.

The said amendment was secretly notified under the guise of addressing teachers’ grievances against the infamous API system that had led to large scale denial of promotions, besides devaluing research and teaching. Apart from making API even worse than before, the amendment surreptitiously inserts a clause on teachers’ direct teaching hours, making them 24 instead of 16 per week, makes tutorials(small group interaction with teachers for individual attention) optional na devalues practicals. As a result at least 5,000 teachers in DU alone are likely to lose their jobs.

Teachers across the University expressed their anger and resentment by staying away from evaluation work on the call of the DUTA. After a four-day evaluation boycott, during which Staff Associations will convene meetings and pass resolutions on this issue, a General Body Meeting of the DUTA will be held on 28th May, to review the situation and decide action programme for further intensification.

DUTA will coordinate with other Central and State Universities through the FEDCUTA and AIFUCTO for an All -India movement against the retrograde Gazette Notification.

DUTA demands that the the Govt withdraws the Gazette notification immediately and initiates a dialogue with Teachers Associations on the issue.