Delhi University teachers boycott online classes and official work to protest non-payment of funds
Teachers boycott online classes and official work to protest against the non-release of grants of 12 colleges that are fully funded by the city government.
Teachers from some of the Delhi University colleges have boycotted the online classes and official work to protest the alleged non-release of grants to 12 colleges fully funded by the city government. The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) started a cluster-wise strike on September 28, under which teaching staff from some colleges like Gargi College, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, and some others boycotted official duties. The cluster strike will go on till October 1.
The university administration and the Delhi government have been locked in a tussle over the non-formation of governing bodies in 28 colleges partially or fully funded by the government. Among them, 12 colleges are fully-funded by the government and they have alleged that the grants released by the city dispensation have been inadequate and they have not been able to pay salaries to their employees since May.
Earlier, the Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia has said that huge misappropriation of funds has been found in the audit of six Delhi University colleges, who have not been paying salaries to their staff citing lack of funds. "The Delhi government has provided enough funds to these colleges for paying the salaries but in their initial observation report, the auditors have found that those funds are being directed elsewhere rather than paying the salaries to the teachers," Mr. Sisodia said at an online press conference.
"In reality, these colleges are having surplus amount, and yet they are not paying the due salaries of their hardworking teachers. This is criminal and wouldn’t be tolerated," Mr. Sisodia had said.
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