KOLKATA: Jadavpur University looks like it’s hurtling in opposition to an administrative disaster, unparalleled in the midst of an admission season, with the 3 main stakeholders at the campus — the management, the school and scholars — locked in a combat of nerves over the admission procedure in the arts school.
Vice-chancellor Suranjan Das, who needed to go through two rounds of compelled detention in his office in 10 days as a result of scholars’ gheraos and returned home late on Thursday night, spent Friday visiting two flats: one was once that of state education minister Partha Chatterjee, who had weighed in on behalf of a no-test admission task; the opposite cope with he visited was once Raj Bhavan, whose resident— governor Keshari Nath Tripathi — requested for a record at the JU stand-off on Thursday.
Teachers from 4 departments—Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Bengali and Education — wrote to Das on Friday, saying they wanted to practice their English division colleagues in staying clear of the admission task since the college had stated the board of research had no position to play in the task. A large section of professors, affiliated to the Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association, chose to not take categories on Friday.
And scholars, the third aspect of the triangle, who are on an indefinite class boycott started an indefinite starvation strike on Friday night, not easy a go back to admission tests.
In the center of all this, International Relations departmental head Kakoli Sengupta and the departments of Sanskrit and Economics supplied an interesting sub-text; they broke ranks with different arts school departments, opting for to improve the JU executive council decision to scrap admission tests and switch to a board marks-based admission.
Stir may forged a shadow on admission time table
JU has long past via all this prior to however the management this time is more frightened as a result of the agitation’s timing; it fears that the stir may forged a shadow no longer handiest at the undergraduate admission time table but also at the counselling of scholars for postgraduate classes, scheduled to begin on July12.
A cautious management, subsequently, spent Friday estimating the have an effect on of the agitation at the admission task and opted to attend until 3pm on Monday to announce its long term route.
With the location showing signs of spiralling into a “hok kolorob” type of motion, which JU witnessed 4 years ago (forcing VC Abhijit Chakrabarty to renounce), the present VC — accompanied through pro-VC Pradip Ghosh — went to the education minister’s Naktala place of dwelling on Friday morning to transient him about the trends.
According campus assets, Das expressed his “rising discomfort” over continuing in the put up expecting a deep disaster after the executive council’s “unanimous” decision to scrap admission tests this 12 months. Later in the day, Das visited Raj Bhavan and advised governor Tripathi (additionally the college’s chancellor) about the power build up within the campus. Das stated he would publish a detailed record at the deadlock and act at the chancellor’s advice.
Pressure additionally constructed up from the alumni, who went on an overdrive towards the college decision to scrap the “timetested” admission tests. They mobilised four,000-plus e-signatures through Friday evening, which they deliberate to ahead to the VC. A gaggle of Class-XII passouts, too, referred to as on JU registrar Chiranjib Bhattacharya and advised him that they wanted admission tests again.
Many school members stated they had been shocked through Das’s seek advice from to the education minister’s space and felt this was once “unbecoming” of a VC. “Did the state executive send any round to JU, asking the VC to scrap admission tests? If no longer, why is the VC so serious about taking a choice that corresponds to the minister’s want?” a instructor requested.
Chatterjee himself stated he had “simply given his non-public opinion”. “I stated there will have to no longer be two different procedures for admission in the similar school. But I added that the state had no longer stated anything to the college. I've learnt that the EC has taken a unanimous decision referring to merit-based admission in the Arts school,” he stated.
The college now has lower than every week to take a number of selections prior to the admissions get started on July 12. “Officers can deal with the e-process however issues are likely to crop up from July12 (for postgraduate admission) and July 27 (for undergraduate admission) all the way through counselling since the verification of information must be done through teachers,” a Juta member stated.
Vice-chancellor Suranjan Das, who needed to go through two rounds of compelled detention in his office in 10 days as a result of scholars’ gheraos and returned home late on Thursday night, spent Friday visiting two flats: one was once that of state education minister Partha Chatterjee, who had weighed in on behalf of a no-test admission task; the opposite cope with he visited was once Raj Bhavan, whose resident— governor Keshari Nath Tripathi — requested for a record at the JU stand-off on Thursday.
Teachers from 4 departments—Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Bengali and Education — wrote to Das on Friday, saying they wanted to practice their English division colleagues in staying clear of the admission task since the college had stated the board of research had no position to play in the task. A large section of professors, affiliated to the Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association, chose to not take categories on Friday.
And scholars, the third aspect of the triangle, who are on an indefinite class boycott started an indefinite starvation strike on Friday night, not easy a go back to admission tests.
In the center of all this, International Relations departmental head Kakoli Sengupta and the departments of Sanskrit and Economics supplied an interesting sub-text; they broke ranks with different arts school departments, opting for to improve the JU executive council decision to scrap admission tests and switch to a board marks-based admission.
Stir may forged a shadow on admission time table
JU has long past via all this prior to however the management this time is more frightened as a result of the agitation’s timing; it fears that the stir may forged a shadow no longer handiest at the undergraduate admission time table but also at the counselling of scholars for postgraduate classes, scheduled to begin on July12.
A cautious management, subsequently, spent Friday estimating the have an effect on of the agitation at the admission task and opted to attend until 3pm on Monday to announce its long term route.
With the location showing signs of spiralling into a “hok kolorob” type of motion, which JU witnessed 4 years ago (forcing VC Abhijit Chakrabarty to renounce), the present VC — accompanied through pro-VC Pradip Ghosh — went to the education minister’s Naktala place of dwelling on Friday morning to transient him about the trends.
According campus assets, Das expressed his “rising discomfort” over continuing in the put up expecting a deep disaster after the executive council’s “unanimous” decision to scrap admission tests this 12 months. Later in the day, Das visited Raj Bhavan and advised governor Tripathi (additionally the college’s chancellor) about the power build up within the campus. Das stated he would publish a detailed record at the deadlock and act at the chancellor’s advice.
Pressure additionally constructed up from the alumni, who went on an overdrive towards the college decision to scrap the “timetested” admission tests. They mobilised four,000-plus e-signatures through Friday evening, which they deliberate to ahead to the VC. A gaggle of Class-XII passouts, too, referred to as on JU registrar Chiranjib Bhattacharya and advised him that they wanted admission tests again.
Many school members stated they had been shocked through Das’s seek advice from to the education minister’s space and felt this was once “unbecoming” of a VC. “Did the state executive send any round to JU, asking the VC to scrap admission tests? If no longer, why is the VC so serious about taking a choice that corresponds to the minister’s want?” a instructor requested.
Chatterjee himself stated he had “simply given his non-public opinion”. “I stated there will have to no longer be two different procedures for admission in the similar school. But I added that the state had no longer stated anything to the college. I've learnt that the EC has taken a unanimous decision referring to merit-based admission in the Arts school,” he stated.
The college now has lower than every week to take a number of selections prior to the admissions get started on July 12. “Officers can deal with the e-process however issues are likely to crop up from July12 (for postgraduate admission) and July 27 (for undergraduate admission) all the way through counselling since the verification of information must be done through teachers,” a Juta member stated.
3-way war of nerves leaves JU in limbo
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