College of Art students begin online petition to stop de-affiliation

The petition stated that the students of the college of Art were not asked and informed directly by the faculty members of the college about the merger into AUD. This act is totally undemocratic and highly unethical. 

A group of students of the College of Art has begun an online petition to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh to not merge the college with city government-run Ambedkar University. Delhi University was informed that the office of LG has in principle approved the merger of College of Art (CoA) subject to its de-affiliation from the varsity.

The online petition stated that AUD does not have reservations for STs from outside of Delhi, therefore, students belonging to the ST category (outside NCT) will not have any reservations here. STs of outside NCT should not, in any way, lose their reservation and representation in the College of Art. The petition also highlighted that the fees structure of AUD is more expensive than the current fee structure.

The petition stated that the students of the college of Art were not asked and informed directly by the faculty members of the college about the merger into AUD. This act is totally undemocratic and highly unethical. 

"The students of this college have a right to influence the process of decision-making regarding the college. We live in a democracy, not a monarchy. Same should go for College of Art, Delhi," read the petition.

The admission process for 2021-22 academic session could not be held due to the tussle over de-affiliation.

"We demand to stop the de-affiliation process and want that the Delhi University direct the College of Art administration to immediately start the process of admission for the academic year 2021- 2022 and fill all the seats of BFA and MFA courses under the affiliation of University of Delhi," it said.

"Therefore, we also demand from honourable Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and respected Vice Chancellor of Delhi University to take all steps to stop the attempt of Delhi Government to merge College of Art with Ambedkar University, Delhi," it added.

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