When Ninety per cent blind students abstain from opting Meths and science after 8th and tenth, then how DU will teach these subjects to them after a gap? I don't know how The Highest Court of the land will respond to SLP filed by The Sambhavana. But this FYUP seems is going to be implemented at any cost. UGC Boss Ved Prakash has almost given Green go ahead and Mr Pallam Raju has kept HRD aloof by citing non-interference principle in to the autonomy of academic institution. not only this, an open house for students and parants for seeking counsling about FYUP has been extended till 30th of this month. Things are going to be very messy in upcoming semester at DU. On 5/19/13, Vikas Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Ref.Sam.2013/130 Dated: 19/05/2013 > PRESS RELEASE: Why Sambhavana Files Special Leave Petition in SC > challenging the Interim Order of Delhi High Court Refusing to Stay the > Introduction of FYUP in DU? > > We had filed a PIL in Delhi HC requesting the court to stay the > implementation of FYUP in Delhi University. We had argued that the > introduction of FYUP in its present design in Delhi University and > that too without making prior essential arrangements would prove to be > discriminatory for vision impaired students and would cause lot of > hardships, irreparable loss and exclusion. The major bone of > contention was the introduction of compulsory foundation courses on > science and maths without making proper arrangements, and absence of > any reading material in accessible form. > On May 8th 2013, Delhi HC had asked DU to file a report within a > week’s time about the arrangements it is making for vision impaired > students so that they can continue their studies within FYUP to be > introduced from July 2013 onwards on an equal basis with others. > However, instead of filing a report, on May 15th 2013, the advocate > appearing for Delhi University produced in the Court a notification > dated 14th May, 2013 constituting an Empowered Committee For making > suitable modification in the curricula, mode of instruction and > assessment keeping in mind the special needs of the students with > disabilities. The court whilst expressed its deep concern towards DU’s > failure to address these genuine issues of Disabled while framing the > new structure and courses, and also asked what is the great hurry? But > at the same time, it allowed DU to go ahead with the implementation of > FYUP after getting empty promises from the Respondent that they will > address the grievances of the Petitioner through the Empowered > Committee. It asked the petitioner to represent its views before this > empowered Committee of Delhi University. It directed the Empowered > Committee To submit a report to the Vice Chancellor by 7th June 2013 > so that the Vice Chancellor could take a decision in respect of this > report by 15th June, 2013. It also asked the University to file a > report regarding The action taken on the basis of the order of this > Court on the next adjourned Date i.e. July 3rd, 2013. > However, unfortunately by refusing to stay the introduction of FYUP, > the court has thus made the entire case in fructuous vide its interim > order dated May 15th 2013. Once the admission process commences and > adequate provisions for vision impaired students have not been made, > it would become impossible for the University to revert back to the > existing system of three years degree program. It would cause a number > of hardships and irreparable loss to the thousands of other students > and to about 800-1,000 visually impaired students. Since reversal by > that time would become difficult, the writ petition fled before the > Hon’ble High Court will become in fructuous. Obviously, making > laboratories in 81 colleges of Delhi University accessible; training > teachers to teach science and maths to blind students; preparing and > approving bridge courses for vision impaired students; arranging for > accessible reading material and assistive devices and learning aids > Etc. are tasks that require concerted and planned efforts and this > goal cannot be achieved within a month by a University which needs > more than a month to even prepare such a report. The introduction of > FYUP in its present form means that the norm and legal requirement of > integrating the aspect of disability in the original planning itself > will continue to be violated and the general practice of first > planning new structures without any regard of disability and > subsequently making some minor modifications or arrangements would > continue to persist. > If any subject is waived off specially for the Visually Impaired > student in year 2013-2014 than there will be discrimination between > Visually Impaired students who will get the opportunity to study all > the subjects in future as the students will be on a higher footing > compared to the Visually Impaired students who are seeking admissions > for the 2013-2014. If instead of making adequate arrangements, these > courses are waved of forever for vision impaired students, this would > defeat the purpose of inclusive education and would also violate > various laws for disabled and also their fundamental right to > equality. > Since judiciary is the last hope for disabled, we have decided to > approach SC for getting the introduction of FYUP stayed until adequate > arrangements for disabled students have not been made by DU. Our > appeal before the SC is that the Delhi University has framed and been > implementing the above mentioned programme in violation of Section 39 > of Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 and Article 9 and 24 of United > Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which India > has also ratified. > Further, as per one UGC notification, If a university wishes to start > a new course it shall approach the UGC for its approval six months > prior to starting the degree programme. If This would have been > followed, University would have got time to prepare itself for > properly launching the new degree programme FYUP. Besides this, as per > another UGC regulation, Student enrollment shall be in accordance > with the academic and physical facilities available keeping in mind > the norms regarding the student-teacher ratio, the > teaching-non-teaching staff ratio, laboratory, library and such other > facilities. The in-take capacity shall be determined at least six > months in advance by the university/ institution through its academic > bodies in accordance with the guidelines/norms in this regard issued > by the UGC and other statutory bodies concerned so that the same could > be suitably incorporated in the admission brochure for the information > of all concerned. Since FYUP has major implications on all these > counts, its failure to take prior approval is violation of established > law. Therefore, for the sake of justice and for preserving the rule of > law, the arbitrary and illegal introduction of FYUP in DU should be > immediately stopped. > > Sambhavana Team > Phones: +91-9818685889, +91-9818193875, +9013727325, +91-9818021880. > > > > -- > Vikas Gupta > Assistant Professor–University of Delhi; > Joint Secretary–Sambhavana Organization; > National Executive Member–All-India Forum for Right to Education (AIF-RTE); > Associate Editor–'Reconstructing Education'; > > > Permanent Office: Department of History, > Faculty of Social Sciences, > University of Delhi , > Delhi 110007, India. > > Ph: +91-11-266659 (O.), +91-11-27662347 (R.) & +91-9818193875 (M.) > Email: [email protected] > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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