Role of Media in the moulding of youth
Delhi University VC Dinesh Singh and his team faced a tough time on Monday, 1st Feb 2011 as students grilled them on several issues, including absent teachers, strikes, security, outdated syllabus and inadequate infrastructure. Interacting with Singh at the multipurpose hall of the University Sports Complex, students claimed the newly-appointed dean of colleges was shirking his duties.
Delhi University VC Dinesh Singh and his team faced a tough time on Monday, 1st Feb 2011 as students grilled them on several issues, including absent teachers, strikes, security, outdated syllabus and inadequate infrastructure. Interacting with Singh at the multipurpose hall of the University Sports Complex, students claimed the newly-appointed dean of colleges was shirking his duties.
The session started with Singh introducing his team to the students and then briefly talking about “the rich history” of the university. The VC told students that his agenda for next five years includes completion of projects like the introduction of the semester in the arts and science streams from July 2011 and finishing work on 1,500-seat women’s hostel for undergraduate students at Dhaka.
The VC said colleges will launch innovative courses that will allow multi-disciplinary studies. The university will soon get a Facebook profile and DU officials hoped that through the networking site, they will be able connect better with students. The university has also earmarked around Rs 2cr for special students.
But even as students appreciated initiatives that augmented infrastructure — each college got 80 computers recently and plans are afoot to provide Wi-Fi on the campus — they had some tough questions for Singh and his team. When it came to interactive session, students from across colleges complained about lack of basic amenities, security, outdated syllabi, missing teachers and unfriendly atmosphere for the physically challenged. Neha Tomar of Dayal Singh (evening) College said: “Despite getting the approval to offer a BA in journalism my college is sitting over it. I also wonder how long will it take to complete construction of the new building?’’
Kanika of Laxmibai College wanted to know why off campus colleges are not as safe as those in the North Campus.
Though Singh tried to answer most of the questions, students remained unconvinced because in most cases he simply said that the university can’t directly intervene in college affairs. He, however, promised students that the university will take note of each complaints and will try to resolve them. A student of philosophy, Anurag Singh, said: “They are just pretending. Nothing concrete has been said here.
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