New Delhi Mar 20 PTI Delhi University will consider a proposal for setting up a centre to offer job-oriented courses for students enrolled in its Campus of Open Learning The discussion on establishing the centre will be taken up at the academic council meeting on March 22 Payal Mago director Campus of Open Learning said This centre will house a media centre and will provide online and experiential learning courses to students To enhance the employability of students of the School of Open Learning SOL these will be skills-based courses and tailored as per their needs For instance she said many of the SOL students were pursuing graduation while also handling their family businesses and the centre might offer a course on how to run a family business and increase profitability Students will also get to learn basic computer skills and some languages that will help them she said To start with the centre will offer three diploma courses --journalism English and Hindi post graduate diploma in library automation services and mushroom cultivation There will be a mix of online and offline classes either 50-50 per cent or 60-40 per cent she said Students will get hands-on learning For instance in journalism they will have to do internships and in mushroom cultivation they will be taught how to cultivate five types of mushrooms and for that we have identified five nodal points Mago said The journalism course will be carried out in collaboration with Delhi Universitys Hansraj College while for the other courses experts have been identified Nominal charges will be levied on the courses Mago said and they will be run on a no-profit basis she said The courses will be in accordance with the National Education Policy according to the agenda of the meeting In a related development the Delhi University Teachers Association said its members will boycott classes on Tuesday to demand one-time regulation for the absorption of ad hoc and temporary teachers It said they will stage a protest outside the venue of the academic council meeting PTI SLB CJ CJ

New Delhi Dec 17 PTI Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh on Friday appointed new officials for important posts a day after many senior office-bearers were relieved of their posts The team was announced in the Executive Council meeting Prof Balaram Pani will continue as Dean of Colleges while Prakash Singh has been appointed as DirectorSouth Campus Prof Rajni Abbi will be the proctor of the university while Payal Mago has been chosen as the director of School of Open Learning Professor Pankaj Arora has been appointed as the Dean Student Welfare Senior university officials including pro-vice-chancellor P C Joshi had tendered their resignations on Thursday Director of South Campus Suman Kundu Proctor Neeta Sehgal and Dean of Students Welfare Rajeev Gupta submitted their resignations as well PTI SLB HDA