<p>The Delhi University Teachers’ Association on Monday began its three-day “public hearing” against Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh to turn the spotlight on his alleged irregularities. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The move comes more than a week after the Union Human Resource Ministry issued a show cause notice to Singh, asking him why he should not be removed from his post. He has been given 15 days to respond to the allegations against him. <br /><br />Students, teachers and parents shared their experiences of the academic situation in the varsity, DUTA said.<br /><br />Bela Shelat, mother of a Political Science (Hons) student at Sri Venkateswara College, spoke about how the “arbitrary” withdrawal of the revaluation scheme affected her son’s career. <br /><br />She said the administration asked her son to give up seeking redressal.<br />Students Neeraj Kumar and Shahnawaz had complaints related to functioning of the School of Open Learning.<br /><br />Ill effects <br />DU’s academic council member and teacher of Commerce Hemchand Jain spoke about the ill effects of the controversial four-year undergraduate programme on the Commerce discipline. <br /><br />He alleged that training in the fundamentals of the discipline became dispensable as the university administration became more inclined toward promoting “market-friendly” specialised areas.<br /><br />In the show cause notice, Singh has been asked to explain the circumstances under which he introduced the now-scrapped FYUP. The programme was rolled back after the NDA-government entered office and following the University Grants Commission’s pressure to do away with it. <br /><br />Academic Council member and teacher of Computer Science V S Dixit accused the university of disregarding all AICTE norms related to technical support, course content, class sizes and student-teacher ratio while switching to BTech degrees. It is precipitating the crisis of AICTE approvals, he said.<br /><br />With the introduction of FYUP, the then BSc programmes were converted to four-year BTech courses. <br /><br />Executive Council member A K Bhagi said an overwhelming majority of teachers and students are demanding the VC’s removal and hoping for a reversal of many of the academic changes initiated or carried out during his tenure.<br /><br />The ‘junsunwai’ (public hearing) will continue for the next two days, focusing on illegalities and financial irregularities, DUTA said.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The Delhi University Teachers’ Association on Monday began its three-day “public hearing” against Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh to turn the spotlight on his alleged irregularities. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The move comes more than a week after the Union Human Resource Ministry issued a show cause notice to Singh, asking him why he should not be removed from his post. He has been given 15 days to respond to the allegations against him. <br /><br />Students, teachers and parents shared their experiences of the academic situation in the varsity, DUTA said.<br /><br />Bela Shelat, mother of a Political Science (Hons) student at Sri Venkateswara College, spoke about how the “arbitrary” withdrawal of the revaluation scheme affected her son’s career. <br /><br />She said the administration asked her son to give up seeking redressal.<br />Students Neeraj Kumar and Shahnawaz had complaints related to functioning of the School of Open Learning.<br /><br />Ill effects <br />DU’s academic council member and teacher of Commerce Hemchand Jain spoke about the ill effects of the controversial four-year undergraduate programme on the Commerce discipline. <br /><br />He alleged that training in the fundamentals of the discipline became dispensable as the university administration became more inclined toward promoting “market-friendly” specialised areas.<br /><br />In the show cause notice, Singh has been asked to explain the circumstances under which he introduced the now-scrapped FYUP. The programme was rolled back after the NDA-government entered office and following the University Grants Commission’s pressure to do away with it. <br /><br />Academic Council member and teacher of Computer Science V S Dixit accused the university of disregarding all AICTE norms related to technical support, course content, class sizes and student-teacher ratio while switching to BTech degrees. It is precipitating the crisis of AICTE approvals, he said.<br /><br />With the introduction of FYUP, the then BSc programmes were converted to four-year BTech courses. <br /><br />Executive Council member A K Bhagi said an overwhelming majority of teachers and students are demanding the VC’s removal and hoping for a reversal of many of the academic changes initiated or carried out during his tenure.<br /><br />The ‘junsunwai’ (public hearing) will continue for the next two days, focusing on illegalities and financial irregularities, DUTA said.<br /><br /></p>