DU Teachers Oppose Quota for Delhi Students in State-funded Colleges

Delhi University teachers stated that 85% reservation for the students of Delhi while applying for the university is not a good idea. Many of the teachers also stated that it is simply a political move.

The AAP Government has passed a resolution on Thursday, June 29, to provide 85% reservation to the native students of the state across the 28 colleges funded by the state government. However, the teachers of DU argued that there cannot be any reservation as all these colleges are the constituents of the central university.

The Delhi Government provides full funding for 12 of the DU colleges, whereas, 5% grant is given by the government to 16 other colleges. Also, it was informed that reservation can be offered only at the colleges that are affiliated to the university. Here are the 8 such colleges:

• Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
• Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
• Ayurvedic & Yunani Tibbia College
• College of Pharmacy
• Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women
• Nehru Homeopathic College
• College of Arts
• Maharishi Valmiki College of Education

DU offers 85% reservation across all the above colleges for Delhi students. BJP’s teachers’ wing, National Democratic Teachers’ Front, stated that the state government had promised to start 20 new colleges, instead, they are now deviating towards the reservation policy.

The teachers also added that blaming the DU Act will not help the education system as the reservation for state students cannot be offered across all DU colleges.

Academics for Action and Development (AAD), another teachers’ society, added that they have taken it as their responsibility to resist any amendment to the DU Act that will impact the university’s central character. The changes regarding this will be closely monitored, added ADD’s Rajesh Jha who teaches political science at Rajdhani College.

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Abha Dev Habib, Physics Teacher at Miranda House, said that Delhi has 6 of the 46 central universities in India. She also stated that having these universities have helped Delhi in evolving as a hub for education and job opportunities.

Indian National Teachers’ Congress, associated with Congress, added that the Delhi University must fully take over all the 28 colleges that are funded by the Delhi Government.

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In order to implement this 85% reservation, amendments will have to be made in the DU Act. It was last amended for the establishment of state-based Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in 1997.