New Delhi Mar 25 PTI From the academic year 2022-23 students will only need to clear Class 12 and CUET to be eligible for admissions to Delhi University DU The proposal to consider passing marks in the Common University Entrance Test CUET for admissions and not the cut-offs as earlier was passed by the varsitys executive council during its meeting on Friday The university also accepted the proposal to set up Delhi School of Analytics DSA under Institutes of Eminence The DSA will offer short and long-term certificate courses diploma and degree programmes that will enhance the business analytical skills of students A proposal to borrow money from the Higher Education Financing Agency HEFA was also accepted by the council despite some members showing dissent The DU will be submitting a proposal of Rs 107540 crore to HEFA for infrastructure development and the creation of capital assets According to the HEFA funding pattern the university will have to repay the loan in 20 bi-annual instalments in 10 years The dissenting members were apprehensive that the HEFA proposal will make the public funded university shift from a grant-based model to loan-based model of financing and lead the university towards a debt trap They strongly opposed the dangerous movement towards privatisation and the steep hike in the fees of the students and said taking a loan was unacceptable In another development the executive council members raised the issue of the College Of Art not commencing its admission process following which it was decided that a letter be sent to its principal demanding an explanation The DU was informed that the office of the lieutenant governor had in-principle approved the merger of College Of Art with Ambedkar University subject to its de-affiliation from DU The varsity however has not approved the de-affiliation as its executive council the highest decision-making body opposed the move The proposal to establish an Institute of Nanomedical Sciences INMS was also cleared by the executive council During the meeting some executive council members demanded that one time regulation for absorption of all ad hoctemporary teachers of DU be introduced and they demanded that a committee be formed to give effect to this PTI SLB VA CJ CJ

New Delhi Feb 19 PTI A section of students from the College of Art on Saturday staged a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals residence over the institutes merger with the Delhi government-run Ambedkar UniversityThe Delhi University was informed that the Office of the Lieutenant Governor has in-principle approved the merger of the College of Art COA subject to its de-affiliation from the universityThe Delhi University has not yet approved the de-affiliationThe students held placards that read Reject AUD Reclaim DU We Reject CoA merger with AUDThey also submitted a memorandum to the office of the chief minister demanding that the merger be stoppedThe Students Federation of India supported the protest The JNU unit of the National Students Union of India too expressed solidarity with the protesting studentsWe condemn the Delhi Cabinets decision to disaffiliate the college from University of Delhi DU and merge it with Dr B R Ambedkar University Delhi AUD and acknowledge that this decision is in continuation with the attempt to make education more expensive and increase the course fees considerably they saidNoting that the decision will discriminate against students from socio-economically marginalised sections of the society and eventually exclude artists from underprivileged backgrounds the protesters stressed that it will also impact womens right to education PTI SLB IJT