Students will have to sing National anthem & song twice a day in DAV

Acting on the state education minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat’s ‘nationalist’ diktat to the vice- chancellors of the universities  and principals of the colleges based in the state during a meeting in Nainital earlier this month, DAV College principal Dr Devendra Bhasin has made mandatory for the students to sing the national anthem and the national song ‘Vande Matram’ twice a day from the next academic session. Bhasin announced this while he was meeting the college faculties on Friday. Besides,   he said that a 100- feet national flag will be installed in the college campus. He also made it mandatory for the teachers to stay in the campus at least for five hours a day.

The principal announced that the students would apply online for admission from the new academic session.   Students can deposit their fees through challans of Central Bank of India and State Bank of India where the online payment system are available.  He also  asked the college examination management to make  foolproof arrangements for fair conduct of the examinations. The students canteen has been given to a private firm and the it would start functioning in the new form  from the next session.

He said that the  state higher education minister has called  a meeting of the principals of the state-based colleges and the presidents, vice presidents and general secretaries of the  students unions of the state-based universities  at the Doon University on May 9.