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more-inThe Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) celebrated its golden jubliee on Monday with a day-long conference remembering and mapping the history of its struggles and the teachers’ movement in the country. They commemorated the journey of DUTA from a time when teachers had neither promotions nor any other benefits, all of which were achieved through fiercely fought struggles. The chief guest at the function was O.
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Kohli, the Governor of Gujarat who served as DUTA president from 1973-1975 and 1977-1979. Singh, N.
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Kakkar, Shriram Oberoi, Shaswati Mazumdar, Amar Deo Sharma, Aditya Narain Misra, Nandita Narain recounted the struggles launched by the association through its history. He felt that the implementation of the semester system, the four-year undergraduate programme and the choice-based credit system, had led to erosion of standards and quality at DU..