New Delhi Dec 20 PTI The Delhi University on Monday issued an official notification saying it will hold entrance tests for admission to undergraduate courses from next yearThe move was criticised by the Left-affiliated teachers body Democratic Teachers Front DTFThe Executive Council of the University of Delhi at its meeting held on 17th December 2021 resolved that the admissions for the Academic Session 2022-2023 onwards in all Under-Graduate UG courses of the University of Delhi shall be made through Central University Common Entrance Test CUCET or Delhi University Common Entrance Test DUCET Further details of the CUCETDUCET shall be released in due course of time the notification readAbha Dev Habib secretary of the DTF said the move signals that it is being done as part of the New Education PolicyTodays notification shows clearly that the move towards admission through entrance test is coming as part of NEP rather than our own organic need The claims that entrance exams are inclusive are completely wrong Recent judgement of the Madras High Court in regard to the NEET is an eye-openerWith the fixed number of seats to be offered there is no new opportunity created for students CUCET will mean further dilution of core classes in 11 and 12 rise in coaching market less flexibility for students in shifting from one stream to another and exclusion of students from disadvantageous backgrounds she said PTI SLB IJT

New Delhi Nov 25 PTI Delhi University Teachers Association DUTA elections will be held on Friday with the Left-backed Democratic Teachers Front DTF vying to retain the presidents post again The DTF has been winning the elections for the last five terms The absorption of teachers is on the agenda of every party in the fray This time the ad-hoc teachers have formed the Ad hoc Teachers Front and they will be represented by Shabana Azmi an ad-hoc political science teacher in Zakir Husain College for the DUTA presidents post Their primary demand is for one-time absorption of ad-hoc teachers in the university The DTF has fielded Abha Dev Habib for the post of DUTA president and Jitendra Kumar Meena Nandita Narain Rudrashish Chakraborty and VS Dixit for the DUTA executive Their poll planks include the demand for one-time regulation for absorption of ad-hoc teachers roll back of implementation of the National Education Policy and the four-year undergraduate programme The right-wing National Democratic Teachers Front NDTF has fielded last years runner-up AK Bhagi as its presidential candidate Bhagi had lost to DTF candidate and the current DUTA president Rajob Ray by a slim margin in the last election The NDTF is also pitching for the one-time regularisation of ad-hoc teachers opposing the grant cut of 12 DU colleges fully funded by the Delhi government by the AAP dispensation along with other issues The Aam Aadmi Party teachers wing Delhi Teachers Association DTA is also in the fray and has fielded its president Hansraj Suman as a candidate for the DUTA executive Their election manifesto was released by Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday Their poll demand is the regularisation and absorption of ad-hoc teachers working in 28 Delhi University colleges partially or fully funded by the Delhi government The Academics For Action and Development AAD has fielded Dr Prem Chand for the presidents post and Dr Amit Singh Anand Prakash Anju Jain and Jainendra Mishra for DUTA executive and their demand is also one-time regulation for absorption of ad-hoc teachers PTI SLB CK