What is the best and novel way to implement (impose) semester system even when staff council and even governing body of the college are opposing it? Daulat Ram College has discovered it today – just to tell the students to submit their semester examination fee without providing them classes or time-table for semester system. Moreover, fee should be submitted in just three days, a day before the term of the Delhi University’s Vice Chancellor is over (practically in a single working day as college is closed on Saturday and Sunday).

The Principal of the College has done it today by making an emergency announcement and told all the fresh science students to submit their fee before 30th August. Aghast at the announcement, the fresher students decided to protest against the decision. “How can anyone make such kind of announcement in a hurry. All classes are being conducted according to annual examination syllabus”, a student of Zoology (Hons.) told fachcha.com. “We will raise the issue on various forums”, she adds.

Meanwhile, teachers of the college have organized a strong protest against the one-sided announcement and also sit on a dharna. Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) too has extended its support to the college teachers in this regard and requested Principal to withdraw the announcement. However, sources close to the principal said that she had very little option as the Vice Chancellor had been putting all pressure on her to implement it before his term was over.