Following coordinated student and faculty efforts, the revised timetable previously issued by the college was rolled back. While students and faculty are relieved, larger administrative issues loom.
After a back-and-forth between the college administration, the faculty and student body of Aryabhatta College over a controversial college schedule, a new timetable has been issued, accommodating student issues and suggestions of the academic staff.
The new timetable notably got rid of unnecessary gaps between classes, and for most courses, the grueling 8am to 5pm schedule has been removed or implemented in a more accommodating manner. This comes as a tremendous relief for students, faculty and college staff alike.
Despite promising developments, things are not settled yet. The contentious schedule which caused discontent in the first place, while never ending up being implemented, was followed by two separate revisions. The latest (and third in the month of September) was implemented to remedy certain long gaps in schedules. However, many students are still reporting problems, namely discrepancies between timetables of students and professors.
Still, students’ burden has been greatly alleviated. While commuters’ problems persist, the working hours for most of the week are balanced, and classroom allotments have been clarified.
This session has been rough for Aryabhatta College. Students and faculty have been dealing with a lot: from the unfinished state of the new building, the classroom and timetable issues, to recent disturbances on campus occurring during DUSU campaigning. All these instances have brought to light longstanding issues of administrative oversight, and failure to ensure campus safety and smooth functioning of the college.
Even this recent relief demonstrates these administrative problems. When the new schedule was announced, to ensure their discontent was properly communicated, students coordinated to submit a declaration signed by a large chunk of the student body to the administrative officers. The academic staff also spent a lot of time deliberating and brainstorming solutions for the scheduling problem.
A student told DU Beat, “I’m satisfied with my timetable now. It’s good this issue has been finally sorted because this semester has been very exhausting for us. Our classes are already disturbed and everyday outsiders come and create ruckus. We’re all having a very hard time with this.”
With the timetables seemingly sorted and DUSU schedule coming to a close, the administration might be free of its most immediate issues but it remains to be seen how– and whether– longstanding issues are dealt with.
Mangalya
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Image Caption: Aryabhatta students secure a small victory in tussles over college schedules, as administrative problems persist.
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