From the Inimitable Ratna Ramans Blog: None of these issues: violation of due process, marginalization of democratically constituted decision making bodies , death of pedagogy, systemic decay, review, debate and discussion and a total incineration of student well-being cut any ice with all the movers and shakers who were involved in Laffaire University . While bureaucrats sighed over Singhs good looks, believing in the outdated adage that handsome is as handsome does, the more dexterous politicians turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to the unending erosion of university autonomy. Today, one year after FYUP has generated acute distress in every quarter of the university community, the writing is now clearly visible on all possible walls. Those who now talk of the universitys autonomy, after trampling it underfoot for many years in succession only highlight the sycophancy and fear that remain sharp undercurrents in university life. Autonomy for Delhi University can never be equated with one political partys dictat replacing the excesses of another. Autonomy for Delhi University involves enabling it to set its house in order. Autonomy involves restoring to the Delhi University Teacher,Student and Karamchari community the rights and dreams enshrined in its statutes and ordinances. Autonomy for Delhi University means going back to an era when all authority was not concentrated in the hands of Vice chancellors while the rights of everyone else were simultaneously rescinded.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:20:11 +0000
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