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DU teachers walk barefeet in anti-reform march

New Delhi: After days of a relay hunger strike, Delhi University teachers on Thursday walked barefeet in a match in the campus to protest the government's reform agenda which they said would make education inaccessible for the common man. The teachers under the banner of the Delhi University Teachers Association are sitting on a relay hunger strike for 11 days.

The DUTA has been protesting the way the affairs of the University were being conducted and alleged they were being sidelined from matters of academic importance by the Vice Chancellor who is "imposing" the reform agenda on the varsity. The agitating teachers say the new "half-baked" reform measures were in line with the HRD Ministry's agenda of ushering in private money in education sector.

"The DUTA maintains that the government's aggressive promotion of private interests and FDI in higher education betrays the tall claims it has been making on the Right to Education," said a statement on Thursday. The teachers walked on the streets sans their shoes and were also joined by some students and non-teaching staff members on the 'barefoot march' as they hummed the revolutionary songs of Bob Dylan. The DUTA has alleged the VC had failed to acknowledge them as a democratic representative body of teachers and refused any meeting with their office bearers to hear their grievances.

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11:33 PM, Oct 18, 2012

Exam row: DU VC says will help Unmukt Chand

by CNN-IBN

New Delhi: Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh on Friday wrote to Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken saying he would look into the matter of Unmukt Chand, the captain of U-19 Indian cricket team which won the World Cup, who has been denied permission by St Stephen's College to appear for his exams. "As regards Unmukt Chand's case, the matter came to my attention two days ago and we have...

06:09 PM, Aug 31, 2012

Guru Granth Sahib World University VC shot at

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New Delhi: The Vice Chancellor of Guru Granth Sahib World University Dr Jasbeer Singh Ahluwalia was shot at by unidentified assailants on Monday. Ahluwalia was at Fatehgarh Sahib when the assailants opened fire. He was immediately taken to Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) in Chandigarh. Sources at PGIMER said that Ahluwalia was unconscious when he was brought to the hospital and had been admitted to the emergency...

05:31 PM, Aug 01, 2011

AMU VC charged of using pressure tactics

by Press Trust Of India

Aligarh: Senior teacher and convener of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Anti Corruption Forum MR Shervani on Thursday charged its Vice Chancellor PK Abdul Azis of using pressure tactics to break teachers' hunger strike. Shervani, who is on an indefinite hunger strike from May 16 in support of the Teachers' Association demand for removal of the VC and Proctor, has written to the SSP seeking adequate security for agitating teachers. On...

02:25 PM, May 19, 2011