DMU ad-hoc body warns of stir
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 04 2021:
The ad-hoc Committee of the constituent colleges of Dhanamanjuri University (DMU) has resolved to launch a series of agitation from January 5 onwards.
The development came after DMU authority failed to give any positive response to the demands of the teachers of the constituent colleges, said a press release issued by the ad-hoc committee.
The ad-hoc committee of the constituent colleges has been urging the DMU authority to settle the case of absorption of the existing teachers of the constituent colleges before any process of fresh recruitment to faculty positions is initiated.
Highlighting their demands in this regard, the committee had submitted a representation to the DMU authority on December 9, 2020 .
In spite of it, the DMU authority initiated the process of fresh recruitment of faculty positions and in response to the move, DM College of Science and DM College of Arts, as constituent units of the committee, submitted ultimatums to the concerned authority on December 24 reiterating their demand to settle the case of absorption of existing teachers of the constituent colleges latest by the end of December 2020 .
The units, in the ultimatum, also warned that they would launch a series of agitation from January 2, 2021 if their demands are not addressed, the release said.
With the DMU authority failing to give any positive response, a meeting of the ad-hoc committee was convened today and after a through discussion all members present resolved to follow three lines of action which include abstaining from online and offline classes for both UG and PG classes from January 5 and joint sit-in protests from January 6 onwards at the respective premises of the constituent colleges on rotational basis starting from DM College of Science from 10.30 am, it said.
The committee further resolved to take up more serious forms of agitation in case the concerned authority fails to address their demands even after sit-in protests, it said.