DU teachers seek Union Minister’s intervention to set up COVID facility
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With no COVID Care Centre being set up by the Delhi University at the Patel Chest Institute, despite repeated requests by professors, a few members of the DU executive council on Thursday wrote to Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan seeking urgent intervention.
Stating that several teaching and non-teaching staffers of DU have died due to COVID-19, the professors sought immediate ramping up of facilities in the university.
The letter written by EC members Seema Das, Rajpal Singh Pawar and Finance Committee member Dr. J.L. Gupta said it was unfortunate that medical resources available in the university had not been utilised to their full capacity. “In the given scenario, there is an urgent need to revamp the facilities available at all medical centres and more particularly at Vallabhai Patel Chest Institutesituated in the heart of the university. People are dying
Appeal to appoint kin of deceased DU employees
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‘Hire them on priority basis to mitigate financial and mental agony’
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‘Hire them on priority basis to mitigate financial and mental agony’
A group of Delhi University professors, who are also members of the academic and executive councils, has written to DU Vice-Chancellor P.C. Joshi asking the administration to grant appointments to family members of those who have lost their lives during the pandemic, to mitigate financial distress.
In the letter to the V-C, the academics said: “The University of Delhi has lost many promising teaching and non-teaching staff members, some of them were sole bread earners in their families. The kin and family members of the deceased employees must be hired on priority basis so as to mitigate financial and mental agony that they are facing owing to the loss of their dear one to the virus.”
Delhi University Considering Introduction Of 4-Year UG Courses Under New NEP
The Delhi University (DU) is considering the introduction of four-year undergraduate courses as part of the implementation of the new National Education Policy (NEP), a move being opposed by teachers’ associations.
Education | Press Trust of India | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 8:47 am IST | Source: PTI
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The Delhi University (DU) is considering the introduction of four-year undergraduate courses as part of the implementation of the new National Education Policy (NEP), a move being opposed by teachers’ associations. The varsity had in September formed a committee to formulate the guidelines for the implementation of the NEP, which was announced in June.