The Governing Body of St. Stephen’s College here has called a meeting to discuss the autonomous status of the college on Saturday.
The move comes after the Centre announced in the 2017-18 Budget provisions for granting more autonomy to educational institutions.
However, the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) has called for a protest outside the college during the meeting.
DUTA’s Nandita Narain said: “Autonomy means financial autonomy, which will lead to increase in cost of education. How will people send their children to these colleges if they are granted autonomy? The timing of the meeting is questionable since they know the varsity community will be busy recovering from the aftermath of the campus violence.”
DU had earlier this month formed a panel for colleges seeking autonomy or university status. Colleges like Ramjas, Shri Ram College of Commerce and Hans Raj had approached the HRD Ministry for greater autonomy.
