New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) has not issued any notification for the reopening of the campus despite the Delhi Disaster Management Authority’s (DDMA) giving a go-ahead to the resumption of offline teaching in higher educational institutions from Monday.
Other capital-based universities such as IP Guru Gobind Singh University and Jawaharlal Nehru University have announced their reopening.
Various students organisations will stage protests to demand the reopening of the Delhi University (DU) after the Delhi Disaster Management Authority’s (DDMA) gave a go-ahead to the resumption of offline teaching in higher educational institutions from Monday. The student outfits said the campus has been closed for almost two years now and as a result, the “standard of education has gone down”.
Officials have said the university will open in a few days and they will formulate a strategy in this regard. The student unions including Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the All India Students’ Association (AISA), have said they will protest against the DU authorities for not opening the campus immediately.
In a statement, ABVP announced that it will organise a massive movement for the reopening of DU. It said every college unit of the organisation will submit a memorandum to the respective principals today (February 7), demanding the opening of the colleges immediately. The ABVP announced that it will also hold a full-day sit-in protest at the South Campus on Tuesday, NDTV reported.
According to a statement, on Wednesday, the students will register their protest by holding a daylong demonstration outside the venue of the Academic Council meeting at the North Campus, the report added.
“The guidelines regarding the opening of schools-colleges of DDMA have been issued and now, Delhi University should also decide to open the campus immediately. Delhi University has been closed for almost two years and as a result, the standard of education has gone down,” ABVP’s national media convenor and state secretary Sidharth Yadav was quoted as saying.
Notably, the DDMA has decided to reopen higher educational institutions and coaching centres, along with schools for Classes IX-XII, from today.