The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has warned its students who are boycotting exams that they will not be eligible to register in the next semester if they fall short of the academic requirements of the institution.
JNUTA says that VC’s decision to hold exams and viva over WhatsApp and email would make JNU the laughing stock the world over and destroy its hard-earned reputation
JNU’s teachers say that the institution remains as popular as ever among the Indian youth, even as the students of India's top liberal arts university boycott examination for the first time in decades
The students told the media after the meeting that the vice-chancellor "did not reply" to the demands of a complete rollback of the fee hike and wanted the Yamuna Hostel (fully privatised) model to be implemented across all hostels, while "we said that students will not pay even a single paisa".
The Jawaharlal Nehru University students boycotted exams on Thursday over the hostel fee hike issue, but students of the School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies (SSIS) appeared for their papers.
JNU Students' Union office bearers had a meeting with HRD ministry officials on the hostel fee hike issue but no resolution was reached on the second consecutive day of talks on Wednesday.
The High Court passed the order in a case of sexual harassment involving two JNU professors. The court was told that the Registrar had not been able to file the affidavit before the court as the administrative block was locked down due to the agitation by students.
Traffic movement was slow at various intersections in South Delhi due to a protest march taken out by JNU students against the hostel fee hike on Monday.
All Deans, Chairpersons and faculty members have been asked to share information with the students and apprise them of the academic rules of the University so that their academic interests can be protected.
In a statement, Sachidanand Sinha, Moushumi Basu and Baviskar Sharad Pralhad said, "As the three elected representatives in the Executive Council, we would like to put on record, that none of us were ever approached either through mail or phone for approval of the HLC recommendations, as claimed in the press release issued by the Registrar."
The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Sunday announced the formation of a seven-member 'high-level' committee for resolution of the ongoing conflict between students and the varsity administration.
The protesters, including members of civil society, JNU alumna and students, raised slogans, asking the varsity administration to roll back the fee hike and the government to "make education affordable to all".
"The bus carrying blind students who were going to protest at the Delhi Commissioner office has been illegally stopped by Delhi Police," a student on the bus carrying visually challenged students alleged.
This statement of JNUSU comes after The Delhi Police lodged two FIRs on Tuesday in connection with the protest by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students over a hostel fee hike. One FIR was registered at the Kishangarh police station, while another was lodged at the Lodhi Colony police station.
The Delhi Police has lodged two FIRs on Tuesday during the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) protest. One FIR was registered at the Kishangarh police station, while another was lodged at the Lodhi Colony police station
Opposition members in Lok Sabha on Tuesday described as "suppression of voice" the alleged baton-charge by police on JNU students demanding total rollback of hostel fee hike.
The protesters released photos, alleging that physically-challenged students were among those injured in the lathi-charge.
Around 100 JNU students, including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, were detained and some were injured when police resorted to lathi-charge on protestors as they marched towards Parliament on the first day of Winter Session on Monday demanding a total rollback of the hostel fee hike. The protest which is far from oversaw long traffic snarls at several places in South Delhi. Long queues were seen at AIIMS bus stop.
Entry and exit points of three Delhi Metro stations near Parliament have been shut down temporarily due to the ongoing JNU protest, authorities said on Monday.
The varsity's students have been protesting for nearly three weeks against the draft hostel manual, which has provisions for hostel fee hike, dress code and curfew timings.
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