University of Delhi has sought data from its faculties on the variety of extra educating and non-teaching workers members required to cope with the ‘additional pressure’ created as a result of implementation of the ten% reservation for the EWS class in admissions, a senior varsity official mentioned on Wednesday.
According to the officers, the ten% improve within the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) class in DU has led to a rise within the variety of seats for college students. However, the variety of lecturers and non-teaching workers has remained the identical.
“This has affected the teacher-students ratio and has added additional pressure on the teaching and non-teaching staff. That is why we have asked the colleges to provide us data about the number of teaching and non-teaching staff,” the official mentioned.
Reservation for EWS for admission to all faculties and universities was applied in 2019. In a notification issued on Tuesday, the college requested the universities underneath it to supply the info by June 24.
The official mentioned as soon as the universities furnish the info in regards to the requirement of educating and non-teaching workers, will probably be consolidated and despatched to the University Grants Commission (UGC) or the Delhi authorities relying upon the supply of the funding of the school.
Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) president AK Bhagi mentioned a delegation of DUTA met with the Dean of Colleges Balaram Pani on Tuesday and raised the matter of “additional pressure” on lecturers resulting from a rise in admission following the implementation of EWS quota.
With inputs from PTI.
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