The agitation was part of a four-day long campaign organized by over 30 student groups under the banner of the All India Forum To Save Public Education.

The University Grants Commission, which regulates higher education in India, and the government have declared that online end-term exams in Delhi University should be conducted by September. Students and faculty have opposed this

Permanent recruitment in many parts of the country has been halted for nearly a year after a University Grants Commission notification changed the criteria for reservation in jobs