The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) has called for a university strike on Friday outside the scheduled Academic Council (AC) meeting as the office-bearers have not been invited for the meeting.
“The JNUSU has come to know that the JNU Vice-Chancellor has called for an AC meeting on Friday at 2.30 p.m. The JNUSU has not been invited to this meeting, where regressive anti-student policies are again going to be pushed through. Online examination will be given the AC’s approval, a university-level timetable will be introduced further constricting academic autonomy of the different centres and schools,” the JNUSU said in a statement.
“We have seen how the previous AC meetings were turned into a sham by the Vice-Chancellor, but the JNUSU office-bearers, facing numerous enquiries resisted them in every way. Legal action has also been taken against the administration, but the vice-chancellor has decided to act in contempt and violation of all laws of this land,” JNUSU president N. Sai Balaji said.