<p>Delhi University students, teachers and non-teaching staff along with left organisations protested outside the venue of academic council’s special meeting on Monday. <br /><br />A student said there was heavy police presence during protest. All the gates were shut and the academic council (AC) members were stopped from entering the venue.<br /><br />“What kind of high handed behaviour is this? A section of the university is screaming its lungs out to be heard, to be answered but with no effect,” the student said.<br /><br />The protesters said the decision to finalise the structure of the course is being taken without consulting several committees.<br /><br />The protesters questioned the workability of the change as it is being carried out only in <br />Delhi University in ‘isolation’. <br /><br />Saikat Ghosh, teacher and member of Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) said the step seeks to annul the standing norm of 10+2+3 National Education Policy approved and adopted by the Parliament and states and centrally funded and administered education institutions.<br /><br />“It is an administrative measure which must be first debated in the Parliament for any modification in 10+2+3 policy,” said Sujit Kumar, member of Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, group working for reserved category students.</p>.<p>Ghosh said formal feedback from college staff councils also should have been sought as constituent colleges and departments offering undergraduate education will be responsible to implement the new structure.<br /><br />The teachers also questioned the timing of the meeting as vacations are going on.<br /></p>
<p>Delhi University students, teachers and non-teaching staff along with left organisations protested outside the venue of academic council’s special meeting on Monday. <br /><br />A student said there was heavy police presence during protest. All the gates were shut and the academic council (AC) members were stopped from entering the venue.<br /><br />“What kind of high handed behaviour is this? A section of the university is screaming its lungs out to be heard, to be answered but with no effect,” the student said.<br /><br />The protesters said the decision to finalise the structure of the course is being taken without consulting several committees.<br /><br />The protesters questioned the workability of the change as it is being carried out only in <br />Delhi University in ‘isolation’. <br /><br />Saikat Ghosh, teacher and member of Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) said the step seeks to annul the standing norm of 10+2+3 National Education Policy approved and adopted by the Parliament and states and centrally funded and administered education institutions.<br /><br />“It is an administrative measure which must be first debated in the Parliament for any modification in 10+2+3 policy,” said Sujit Kumar, member of Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, group working for reserved category students.</p>.<p>Ghosh said formal feedback from college staff councils also should have been sought as constituent colleges and departments offering undergraduate education will be responsible to implement the new structure.<br /><br />The teachers also questioned the timing of the meeting as vacations are going on.<br /></p>
