Delhi police violently repress JNU students’ rally
Students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University mobilized on January 9 to demand the removal of the vice-chancellor after the right-wing attack suffered on Sunday
Students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University mobilized on January 9 to demand the removal of the vice-chancellor after the right-wing attack suffered on Sunday
Peoples Dispatch takes a look at how the incident unfolded on Sunday evening.
At the heart of the #FeesMustFall protests is one global problem: the cost of higher education. These protests highlight the debate as to whether education is a right or a privilege.
In a rare example of unity, the support for JNU students also came from the students of private institutions like Ashoka University and O P Jindal University who marched with their counterparts
Despite massive police violence on Monday, more than 3,000 students and teachers of the New Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University marched to the Indian parliament against the hostel fee hike and demanded free education for all.
Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi were baton charged and detained as they marched to parliament demanding the complete roll back of a massive fee hike
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With the slogan, ‘No Convocation without Affordable Education’, the students demanded the withdrawal of a draft hostel manual, which imposes a 1000 per cent fee hike.
Hostel fees has been increased by more than 999% from 2700/- (38.20USD) to a whopping 30,100/- (425.88USD) annually (excluding monthly mess bill and newly introduced electricity and water charges).
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The yearly student union elections at Jawaharlal Nehru University are a celebration of true democracy