Delhi College vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh on Thursday stated the varsity would proceed to maintain beneath its affiliation 12 of its faculties which can be totally funded by the state authorities.
The vice-chancellor’s assertion got here in response to the AAP-led Delhi authorities’s refusal to finance these faculties except they turned part of the state universities.
In a letter to the Centre in December final 12 months, Delhi Schooling Minister Atishi had flagged alleged monetary irregularities in these 12 faculties.
”We’re dedicated to our stand,” Mr Singh instructed PTI, including that he hoped the state authorities would proceed financially supporting the 12 faculties viewing the curiosity of scholars.
Requested a few letter written by Mr Singh to Atishi addressing the difficulty, the Delhi authorities denied receiving any such communication.
”We’ve got not acquired any letter from the Delhi College as of now. The Delhi authorities will solely present funding to those faculties as soon as they’re de-affiliated from DU and change into a part of one among Delhi’s state universities,” the Delhi authorities stated in a press release to PTI on Thursday.
Funds is not going to be launched to 12 faculties
The Delhi authorities stated it is not going to launch funding for the tutorial 12 months 2024-25 to the 12 faculties except they’re fully transferred beneath the state.
It added that if the de-merger doesn’t happen, the funding of those faculties should come from the Centre or the College Grants Fee.
”Funding will categorically not be granted except these faculties are transferred, given the irregularities in these faculties,” it added.
Nonetheless, the Delhi College on Thursday made public the letter despatched by the VC to Atishi dated January 16.
Within the letter, Singh requested the minister to withdraw the letter written by her to Union Schooling Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and proceed the funding of the 12 faculties within the curiosity of scholars.
The letter
”I request your self (Atishi) the DO letter dated 01.12.2023 might please be withdrawn and continuity of funding to those faculties might not be disturbed within the curiosity of scholars of Delhi,” the letter learn.
Within the letter to the schooling minister, the vice-chancellor additionally reasoned that the de-affiliation can not happen since these faculties are the constituent faculties of the College of Delhi as per the Delhi College Act 1922 handed by the Parliament.
It additional stated that the DU Govt Council in its assembly on December 15, 2023, had resolved that every one the 12 faculties are constituent faculties of the college, subsequently, the query of de-affiliation of those faculties doesn’t come up.
Earlier final 12 months, Atishi wrote to the Centre flagging ”irregularities” in 12 faculties of the Delhi College which can be funded by town authorities.