KOLKATA: The contributors of a students' union at Jadavpur University have gheraoed Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das and other government committee contributors in protest towards the institute's resolution to scrap admission tests in six humanities subjects.
The college the day past introduced that it could admit undergraduate students in English, Comparative Literature, Bengali, History, Political Science and Philosophy only on the basis of their board marks, reversing its final week's resolution to carry entrance tests.
The transfer has ended in contemporary turmoil in the college, with the contributors of arts faculty students' union staging a sit-in sooner than the offices of Das and other government panel officials since 6pm the day past.
The vice-chancellor, alternatively, stated he failed to know the rationale behind the protest.
"We have been confined in our offices for over 20 hours by a handful of students, who fail to understand that the decision to scrap the entrance test was taken by the Executive Council. I, as the VC, will have to abide by the decision," he told .
The gherao is taking a toll on his health, Das claimed.
"While talking about democratic movement, the students are infringing on our freedom to spend time with family. The gherao is affecting my health as I am unable to follow certain guidelines by my doctor. Yesterday, they stopped me twice from leaving the campus."
Das, alternatively, asserted that he would now not search police lend a hand to disperse the students.
"I will never call the police. Instead, I will wait for them to see reason in this whole agitation. Why can't they move court instead of gheraoing us," Das stated.
Countering the vice chancellor's argument, Somasree Chowdhury, the chairperson of Arts Faculty Students' Union (AFSU), stated the JU management were "frequently changing its stand" on issues of admission.
"They (JU authorities) are toying with the future of 17,000 candidates who have filled up forms for admission to different streams. There is no way we can accept this. We will continue our sit-in till the university restores the previous procedure of holding entrance tests," she stated.
The government council's resolution was once induced by the perspectives expressed by West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee to have "uniform admission system" in all state-run universities, Chowdhury alleged.
Chatterjee had stated final November that the college should admit students on the basis of marks got in board exams.
JU Registrar Chiranjib Bhattacharya, after pronouncing the decision to scrap entrance tests, told journalists the day past that that the council's transfer comes in the wake of "displeasure" amongst a bit of teachers over its previous resolution to contain external mavens in the admission process.
"There was little possibility of conducting entrance tests after addressing the concerns of our teachers, given the little time we have in hand," Pro-VC Pradip Ghosh, who was once additionally provide at press meet, stated.
"In view of the uncertainties faced by thousands of candidates, we decided to go by the marks criterion for this year," Ghosh added.
Education Minister Partha Chatterjee stated the day past that the admission process in all subjects should be similar, but left it for the respective establishments to take the overall name on the factor.
Criticising the chief council's resolution, a spokesman of Jadavpur University Teachers' Association told that admitting students according to their marks might "lower the academic standard" of JU arts faculty.
"We will have to admit candidates without proper evaluation of their writing abilities. This is a departure from the JU's time-tested procedure," he stated.
Last month, the VC was once gheraoed for 44 hours by the AFSU after authorities decided to put off the admission take a look at in the six streams.
The college the day past introduced that it could admit undergraduate students in English, Comparative Literature, Bengali, History, Political Science and Philosophy only on the basis of their board marks, reversing its final week's resolution to carry entrance tests.
The transfer has ended in contemporary turmoil in the college, with the contributors of arts faculty students' union staging a sit-in sooner than the offices of Das and other government panel officials since 6pm the day past.
The vice-chancellor, alternatively, stated he failed to know the rationale behind the protest.
"We have been confined in our offices for over 20 hours by a handful of students, who fail to understand that the decision to scrap the entrance test was taken by the Executive Council. I, as the VC, will have to abide by the decision," he told .
The gherao is taking a toll on his health, Das claimed.
"While talking about democratic movement, the students are infringing on our freedom to spend time with family. The gherao is affecting my health as I am unable to follow certain guidelines by my doctor. Yesterday, they stopped me twice from leaving the campus."
Das, alternatively, asserted that he would now not search police lend a hand to disperse the students.
"I will never call the police. Instead, I will wait for them to see reason in this whole agitation. Why can't they move court instead of gheraoing us," Das stated.
Countering the vice chancellor's argument, Somasree Chowdhury, the chairperson of Arts Faculty Students' Union (AFSU), stated the JU management were "frequently changing its stand" on issues of admission.
"They (JU authorities) are toying with the future of 17,000 candidates who have filled up forms for admission to different streams. There is no way we can accept this. We will continue our sit-in till the university restores the previous procedure of holding entrance tests," she stated.
The government council's resolution was once induced by the perspectives expressed by West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee to have "uniform admission system" in all state-run universities, Chowdhury alleged.
Chatterjee had stated final November that the college should admit students on the basis of marks got in board exams.
JU Registrar Chiranjib Bhattacharya, after pronouncing the decision to scrap entrance tests, told journalists the day past that that the council's transfer comes in the wake of "displeasure" amongst a bit of teachers over its previous resolution to contain external mavens in the admission process.
"There was little possibility of conducting entrance tests after addressing the concerns of our teachers, given the little time we have in hand," Pro-VC Pradip Ghosh, who was once additionally provide at press meet, stated.
"In view of the uncertainties faced by thousands of candidates, we decided to go by the marks criterion for this year," Ghosh added.
Education Minister Partha Chatterjee stated the day past that the admission process in all subjects should be similar, but left it for the respective establishments to take the overall name on the factor.
Criticising the chief council's resolution, a spokesman of Jadavpur University Teachers' Association told that admitting students according to their marks might "lower the academic standard" of JU arts faculty.
"We will have to admit candidates without proper evaluation of their writing abilities. This is a departure from the JU's time-tested procedure," he stated.
Last month, the VC was once gheraoed for 44 hours by the AFSU after authorities decided to put off the admission take a look at in the six streams.
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