JORHAT: The stand-off between the coed group and the state govt over the status of Assam Women's University (AWU) intensified, with students from 176 schools of nine upper Assam districts taking to the streets staging dharnas in front in their district headquarters on Wednesday. While the state govt has introduced an overhaul in the shape and structure of AWU, the coed group desires that AWU be declared a full-fledged university.
The students - from schools under Dibrugarh University in Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Majuli, Dhemaji and Charaideo - submitted memoranda of demands at their respective district headquarters. One of the demands they have got made is the appointment of a permanent vice-chancellor at AWU and, thereby, make it a full-fledged university.
"We demand that the government take steps to develop AWU. We want a permanent VC at AWU, upgrade of its infrastructure and appointment of adequate faculty. Our protest will continue until the government addresses our demands," David Hazarika, normal secretary of the Dibrugarh University students' union, said.
On Thursday, the Dibrugarh University Students' Association will shape a human chain in front in their university as a part of their protest. The Jorhat district unit of All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) will also level protest across the district on Thursday. "Members of 24 regional units in Jorhat district will state protests at their respective regional headquarters on Thursday in support of our demands," Jul Khound, central executive member of Aasu, said.
Earlier in the day, education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had tweeted, "I am not sure why the girls are on strike.We have not taken any decision so far.my only view is that one should not have a university and confer degrees without even creating the post of vice chancellor." Laying the onus at the previous Congress govt, he tweeted, "Now if our government is examining the issue and trying to rectify the situation,why are you on strike? It is a problem which I got from the previous government and we will try to resolve it. It's as simple as that."
On Monday, loads of AWU students went on a hunger strike in front of the Jorhat deputy commissioner's place of job on Monday in protest towards the government's purported decision to transform the university right into a technical institute. On Tuesday, the vice-chancellor accountable for the university, Kamal Malla Bujarbaruah, had said the government is starting up "major steps to reform the university".
The students - from schools under Dibrugarh University in Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Majuli, Dhemaji and Charaideo - submitted memoranda of demands at their respective district headquarters. One of the demands they have got made is the appointment of a permanent vice-chancellor at AWU and, thereby, make it a full-fledged university.
"We demand that the government take steps to develop AWU. We want a permanent VC at AWU, upgrade of its infrastructure and appointment of adequate faculty. Our protest will continue until the government addresses our demands," David Hazarika, normal secretary of the Dibrugarh University students' union, said.
On Thursday, the Dibrugarh University Students' Association will shape a human chain in front in their university as a part of their protest. The Jorhat district unit of All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) will also level protest across the district on Thursday. "Members of 24 regional units in Jorhat district will state protests at their respective regional headquarters on Thursday in support of our demands," Jul Khound, central executive member of Aasu, said.
Earlier in the day, education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had tweeted, "I am not sure why the girls are on strike.We have not taken any decision so far.my only view is that one should not have a university and confer degrees without even creating the post of vice chancellor." Laying the onus at the previous Congress govt, he tweeted, "Now if our government is examining the issue and trying to rectify the situation,why are you on strike? It is a problem which I got from the previous government and we will try to resolve it. It's as simple as that."
On Monday, loads of AWU students went on a hunger strike in front of the Jorhat deputy commissioner's place of job on Monday in protest towards the government's purported decision to transform the university right into a technical institute. On Tuesday, the vice-chancellor accountable for the university, Kamal Malla Bujarbaruah, had said the government is starting up "major steps to reform the university".
AWU deadlock continues, Dibrugarh varsity joins stir
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