Delhi University reopening colleges notice on September 20 is fake, DU clarifies
The notice also mentioned the COVID-19 guidelines to be followed by teachers and students and further said that students with one dose of vaccine will be allowed in campus.
A notice claiming that Delhi University will be reopening the colleges from September 20 has been making rounds on social media platforms. The varsity today has clarified that the notice is fake.
“As Delhi government has allowed colleges to reopen from 1st September and keeping the benefits of students in mind, it has been decided to reopen all colleges of the University of Delhi from 20 September for second and third-year students,” the fake notice read.
The notice also mentioned the COVID-19 guidelines to be followed by teachers and students and further said that students with one dose of vaccine will be allowed in campus.
While dismissing the claims, Delhi University has warned students to be careful of such fake public notices that is being circulated on social media platforms.
As per the media reports, Delhi University, Registrar, Vikas Gupta has said that a decision on resuming physical classes will be taken after holding an internal meeting. He also said that the university was not ready to reopen from September 1. Whenever the colleges reopen, science students will be called first, he added.
Meanwhile, several students have taken to the social media platforms requesting the university to reopen. #reopendu was trending on Twitter. Students also used the hashtags to share the difficulties faced by them due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Delhi University has been kept shut since March last year. This year in February, the university allowed the final year students to return to colleges for accessing labs and take practical classes. However, the classes were suspended again in April due to the second wave of Covid-19.
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