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Delhi University may reopen after Diwali: Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh ?

Amid the continuous ongoing demand for reopening of the campus, Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh said on Tuesday that…

Delhi University may reopen after Diwali: Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh ?

Amid the continuous ongoing demand for reopening of the campus, Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh said on Tuesday that the decision to reopen the campus will be taken after Diwali. The festival season is expected to bring an increased number of Covid-19 cases with it further deteriorating the situation of the country. 

Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh said in a recent meeting of teachers and principals that  the timing of colleges should be increased by a couple of hours to accommodate the extra number of students admitted to avoid overcrowding. Seeing the protest and hunger strikes by the members of the left-affiliated All India Students Association (AISA) and other student union bodies, the decision of reopening the colleges has been taken into consideration. 

“We will decide after Diwali. There is a fear that Covid might recur. If the situation remains fine, we will think,” Singh said. 

“We can increase the timing of the existing colleges by a couple of hours, which could lead to the addition of more sections. This can help in adjusting the extra seats created and the EWS seats. This will be better than opening new colleges.

“In Delhi Technological University (where Singh was the VC earlier), we had kept the timings from 8 am to 6 pm, which was helpful. In case it is done, the staff will come in a staggered manner and the teachers who have classes in the latter half of the day can come late. This was a suggestion in case colleges want to do it,” he added.

“In Delhi Technological University (where Singh was the VC earlier), we had kept the timings from 8 am to 6 pm, which was helpful. In case it is done, the staff will come in a staggered manner and the teachers who have classes in the latter half of the day can come late. This was a suggestion in case colleges want to do it,” he added.

The timings of the administrative staff will be from 9 am to 5 pm which will lead to flexibility and further avoid overcrowding during the times of pandemic. 

Students also raised slogans and protested against the pro-corporate methods of the education establishment according to the report. 

“An all out attack on corporatisation must take place and the students, farmers and workers will continue to lead the way,” said Jasbir Natt, leader of the farmer movement at Tikri Border addressing the students.

“Our students, the thinking minds of our country, are being converted into cheap labour for corporations. This plot of the government must be resisted,” she said.

The students had held a 48-hour hunger strike and took the decision to delay it until the assurance came from the administration on reopening of the campus. 

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