St Stephen's teachers urges Javadekar for stakeholders meeting on autonomy issue

In the backdrop of row over grant of autonomous status to St Stephen's College, its staff association today wrote to Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar requesting him to convene a stakeholder's meeting and give a hearing to their concerns.

In the letter, St Stephen's College Staff Association President Nandita Narain said, "We understand from teacher representatives of Hindu College that you have given a commitment that you will not take the matter, on autonomous status to the college, forward without taking on board all stakeholders, and addressing all their concerns. We are confident that you will honour this commitment with regard to our college as well."
DUTA president Rajib Ray had said, "The Scheme of Autonomous Colleges and Graded Autonomy, which is a push towards self-financing schemes and online courses, will have far reaching consequences. Privatisation of public-funded institutions will hit badly the educational prospects of students coming from marginalised sections, women students and the middle-class."