The Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) held a protest demonstration in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s Office of Delhi University on Thursday, where a joint meeting of the academic council and executive council of the university was convened to discuss the issue of funding crisis faced by 12 universities.
Students demanded 85 per cent reservation for students of Delhi government schools in these 12 colleges which are fully funded by the state government.
Carrying placards with slogans such as “Our funding, our seats” and “Say no to pushing public school students in SOL,” the students gathered in front of the VC office to raise their demands.
“Every year, hundreds of thousands of students drop out of Delhi schools, especially schools run by the Delhi government. These students mostly come from underprivileged backgrounds and are first-generation students from their families. However, very few of them manage to get into higher educational institutions in Delhi, especially DU, because a large majority of seats are occupied by students from private schools in Delhi and other states, including those from Delhi government-funded colleges.
“As a result, most students are either pushed into informal and pathetic institutions like DU’s School of Open Learning (SOL) or forced to drop out altogether,” the student body said in a statement.
According to the Shri Prakash Singh Committee constituted by the DU Executive Council in December 2023, these 12 colleges have been specially established to cater to the needs of Delhi students and are therefore 100 per cent funded by the Delhi government, it said.
“This expressly implies that these 12 colleges are being run with the money of Delhi taxpayers. We demand that these DU colleges cater to the educational needs of students of Delhi government schools,” the statement said.
Students have demanded that a provision be made to reserve 85 per cent seats for students of Delhi government schools in all 12 colleges.
They have also demanded that evening classes be started in all Delhi government-funded colleges and the total number of seats in Delhi University be increased.
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