11-03-2007, 01:15 AM
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Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
ARSD students go on strike as teacher didn't vacate room on time
Student discipline at the Delhi University has gone from bad to worse. On Friday, the students of <b>Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma (ARSD) College went on strike demanding an apology from a teacher for not vacating the seminar room on time</b>. The teacher was taking a class in the seminar room while the students wanted to decorate it for a freshers' party. The office bearers of the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) led the strike. The students did not allow the teachers to hold any classes in the College on Friday.
This is not for the first time that DU students have created such problems in the campus. <b>A week back, some DU students accompanied by the DUSU leaders vandalised the Hindi department</b>. In the last two years, there have been numerous such cases of indiscipline like the ransacking of principal's office at Hansraj College in 2005, <b>beating up of the teachers of the Hindi and the Mathematics department in 2005 and the murder of a student at Aurbindo College in September 2005</b>. University Vice-Chancellor Deepak Pental has, however, failed to check such incidents.<b> "No action was taken against the students who vandalised the Hindi department last week," </b>said a teacher.
According to students protesting at the college, Computer Science teacher Pankaj Narang was taking class in the seminar room since 12 pm. "At around 1 pm, Niti, a third year English (Honours) student, asked the teacher to vacate the seminar room as they had to organise a fresher party, the teacher scolded her saying: Get out of the class or I would take punitive actions and then you will have to bring your father to the college. He forced her to get out of the room," said Vivek Agrawal, president, ARSD College Students' Union. Agarwal and his other friends then called the DUSU leader and started protesting against the teacher. DUSU president Amrita Bahari and vice president Devraj Tehlan met the students and made sure that no classes were held at the college. "How can the teacher behave in such a rude manner? He must apologise," said Tehlan. The teacher, on the other hand, refused to show up or apologise.
"These students have crossed all limits of discipline. They disturbed the teacher while he was taking class and now they want him to apologise for not leaving the room on time. Also, the DUSU leaders shamelessly supported them and participated in the strike," said a teacher.
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Pioneer.com
Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
ARSD students go on strike as teacher didn't vacate room on time
Student discipline at the Delhi University has gone from bad to worse. On Friday, the students of <b>Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma (ARSD) College went on strike demanding an apology from a teacher for not vacating the seminar room on time</b>. The teacher was taking a class in the seminar room while the students wanted to decorate it for a freshers' party. The office bearers of the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) led the strike. The students did not allow the teachers to hold any classes in the College on Friday.
This is not for the first time that DU students have created such problems in the campus. <b>A week back, some DU students accompanied by the DUSU leaders vandalised the Hindi department</b>. In the last two years, there have been numerous such cases of indiscipline like the ransacking of principal's office at Hansraj College in 2005, <b>beating up of the teachers of the Hindi and the Mathematics department in 2005 and the murder of a student at Aurbindo College in September 2005</b>. University Vice-Chancellor Deepak Pental has, however, failed to check such incidents.<b> "No action was taken against the students who vandalised the Hindi department last week," </b>said a teacher.
According to students protesting at the college, Computer Science teacher Pankaj Narang was taking class in the seminar room since 12 pm. "At around 1 pm, Niti, a third year English (Honours) student, asked the teacher to vacate the seminar room as they had to organise a fresher party, the teacher scolded her saying: Get out of the class or I would take punitive actions and then you will have to bring your father to the college. He forced her to get out of the room," said Vivek Agrawal, president, ARSD College Students' Union. Agarwal and his other friends then called the DUSU leader and started protesting against the teacher. DUSU president Amrita Bahari and vice president Devraj Tehlan met the students and made sure that no classes were held at the college. "How can the teacher behave in such a rude manner? He must apologise," said Tehlan. The teacher, on the other hand, refused to show up or apologise.
"These students have crossed all limits of discipline. They disturbed the teacher while he was taking class and now they want him to apologise for not leaving the room on time. Also, the DUSU leaders shamelessly supported them and participated in the strike," said a teacher.
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