PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2013 ID-37042
.
aisa Onwards to AISA's 17th JNU Unit Conference : 3 Feb 2013 31.1.13.
.
Unite to Defend and Strengthen the Vision of Inclusive and Equitable Education!!.
Demand Immediate Enhancement of MCM, Expansion of Time Period of Non-NET UGC.
Fellowship and Other Issues of Inclusion.
.
We are currently in the midst of a protracted struggle for increasing MCM and expanding the scope and duration of all kinds of.
financial assistance. We are demanding more hostels and better infrastructure. Our demands are guided by a firm belief that.
every person has the undeniable right to an affordable and quality education; no student should be denied an education because.
he or she lacks the economic means to pursue education. This socially-inclusive vision requires that the university provide the.
ENABLING MATERIAL CONDITIONS such as hostels and fellowships, lab- library-study materials-internet and residential health.
facilities..
.
It is in this regard that the attitude of the JNU administration to our demands of increasing MCM and financial assistance as.
well hostels and other concrete issues to ensure inclusion is highly unfortunate..
.
MCM and Extended Duration of Non-NET UGC Financial Assistance: We have been demanding increase of MCM.
from Rs 1500 to Rs 3000 per month, and the administration is yet to come up with its promised report of funds generated for this.
purpose despite the fact that January 2013 was its promised deadline..
.
We have also been demanding for a long time that the time period of the UGC non-NET fellowship be expanded to cover the.
entire research period, and this too has been treated by the administration with complete insensitivity. Let us emphasise that.
the non-NET UGC scholarship for M.Phil/Ph.D is only a basic sustenance scholarship. According to the present norms, this.
scholarship for M.Phil/Ph.D students is valid for a total of five years. As a result, the research students, who starts getting the.
scholarship from the beginning of M.Phil., are left without even this minimum sustenance assistance at the last 2-3 years of their.
Ph.D. Therefore, the duration of this scholarship must be increased, or some suitable scholarship system should be devised to.
cover the total research duration, so that students (especially from deprived backgrounds) have means of sustaining themselves.
during the crucial last stages of their research. Also, the CSIR fellowship for instance is often released one and a half years late,.
which is just not acceptable. Why is it difficult for JNU to ensure timely disbursal of various scholarships/fellowships through the.
institution of a proper corpus fund? It is shameful that despite repeated promises and assurances, our demands of increasing.
MCM and expansion of time period of the UGC fellowship have not been addressed and the struggle has to be intensified..
.
Speedy and Well Planned Hostel Provision: Year after year, we witness the slow and painful process of hostel allotment.
where new students have to wait as long as even 2 semesters to get their hostels. Such prolonged delay causes incalculable.
hardships for the new students who have come from far-off parts of the country and are desperately trying to cope with an entirely.
new atmosphere and JNU's rigorous academic schedule. Why aren't proposals for NEW hostels being implemented? Why.
aren't mess facilities in the SPS dorm being operationalised? Why can't the old SAU buildings be opened up fully in order to.
accomodate JNU students? Why aren't hostel allotment norms being further streamlined? Despite repeated protests and.
demands from JNUSU and the student community, the JNU administration continues with its typical insensitive and non-.
committal attitude..
.
Making the Campus Barrier-Free: Physically challenged students come to undertake higher education against all odds. It.
is the duty of the university to take proper steps to ensure that their life on campus is without hurdles. For this reason, all.
infrastructural changes must be made in academic and residential complexes to make them barrier free, and necessary.
consideration must be made while planning buildings and structures. JNU has already received funds for the same, and they.
need to transparently and immediately deployed..
.
Democratisation in Science schools: Tremendous investments have been made in recent years on facilities such as.
advanced instrumentation. However, in practice, the experience of students has been that these facilities are made available to.
a very select few and that most students are unable to access them since they enforce a prohibitive charge for their use (e.g. in.
AIRF) or selective control. This creates a discriminatory situation where resources acquired through public money are then made.
available to a select few rather than being accessible to all. There is pressing need of democratization and transparency at all.
levels: democratic allotment of labs to all registered students, and all-round transparency in the evaluation by the doctoral.
committees in clearing progress reports and granting 9B for instance. Irregular and delayed supply of chemicals and instruments.
in science schools must be addressed and lab facilities must be improved and latest books must be made available in the.
library..
.
Translation cell : Many students entering JNU come from state government schools and educational institutions where the.
medium of instruction is the dominant state language. As a result, on entering JNU they face considerable difficulties in following.
texts written in English. We firmly believe that lack of access to English should not be allowed to become a deterrent in pursuit of.
higher education. The previous JNUSU had firmly raised the issue through a brainstorming with several experts, and this has.
also been repeatedly raised in several BoS meetings. The JNU administration's continuing dilly-dallying and insensitive approach.
in this regard is highly condemnable despite their being a national-level recognition of this issue..
.
Ensuring Workers Rights and facilities: With the rise in the number of contract and daily-wage workers both for regular.
jobs (like mess, santitation, garbage cleaning, horticulture etc) as well as in the construction sites, there is overwhelming.
evidence of wide-spread violations of all workers rights and denial of virtually all facilities legally due to them. As the Principal.
Employer of all the contract labourers on campus, JNU administration cannot deny its responsibility towards ensuring the.
payment of legally mandated wages, timely payment of the same, protection of ESI/PF records, identity cards and all other work.
site facilities..
.
If JNU as an institution has to defend the vision of a truly inclusive educational institution, we have to carry on these struggles.
and intensify them..
.
Akbar, President, AISA, JNU Ashutosh Kumar, Jt. Secy, AISA, JNU.
..
PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2013 ID-37042
.
aisa Onwards to AISA's 17th JNU Unit Conference : 3 Feb 2013 31.1.13.
.
Unite to Defend and Strengthen the Vision of Inclusive and Equitable Education!!.
Demand Immediate Enhancement of MCM, Expansion of Time Period of Non-NET UGC.
Fellowship and Other Issues of Inclusion.
.
We are currently in the midst of a protracted struggle for increasing MCM and expanding the scope and duration of all kinds of.
financial assistance. We are demanding more hostels and better infrastructure. Our demands are guided by a firm belief that.
every person has the undeniable right to an affordable and quality education; no student should be denied an education because.
he or she lacks the economic means to pursue education. This socially-inclusive vision requires that the university provide the.
ENABLING MATERIAL CONDITIONS such as hostels and fellowships, lab- library-study materials-internet and residential health.
facilities..
.
It is in this regard that the attitude of the JNU administration to our demands of increasing MCM and financial assistance as.
well hostels and other concrete issues to ensure inclusion is highly unfortunate..
.
MCM and Extended Duration of Non-NET UGC Financial Assistance: We have been demanding increase of MCM.
from Rs 1500 to Rs 3000 per month, and the administration is yet to come up with its promised report of funds generated for this.
purpose despite the fact that January 2013 was its promised deadline..
.
We have also been demanding for a long time that the time period of the UGC non-NET fellowship be expanded to cover the.
entire research period, and this too has been treated by the administration with complete insensitivity. Let us emphasise that.
the non-NET UGC scholarship for M.Phil/Ph.D is only a basic sustenance scholarship. According to the present norms, this.
scholarship for M.Phil/Ph.D students is valid for a total of five years. As a result, the research students, who starts getting the.
scholarship from the beginning of M.Phil., are left without even this minimum sustenance assistance at the last 2-3 years of their.
Ph.D. Therefore, the duration of this scholarship must be increased, or some suitable scholarship system should be devised to.
cover the total research duration, so that students (especially from deprived backgrounds) have means of sustaining themselves.
during the crucial last stages of their research. Also, the CSIR fellowship for instance is often released one and a half years late,.
which is just not acceptable. Why is it difficult for JNU to ensure timely disbursal of various scholarships/fellowships through the.
institution of a proper corpus fund? It is shameful that despite repeated promises and assurances, our demands of increasing.
MCM and expansion of time period of the UGC fellowship have not been addressed and the struggle has to be intensified..
.
Speedy and Well Planned Hostel Provision: Year after year, we witness the slow and painful process of hostel allotment.
where new students have to wait as long as even 2 semesters to get their hostels. Such prolonged delay causes incalculable.
hardships for the new students who have come from far-off parts of the country and are desperately trying to cope with an entirely.
new atmosphere and JNU's rigorous academic schedule. Why aren't proposals for NEW hostels being implemented? Why.
aren't mess facilities in the SPS dorm being operationalised? Why can't the old SAU buildings be opened up fully in order to.
accomodate JNU students? Why aren't hostel allotment norms being further streamlined? Despite repeated protests and.
demands from JNUSU and the student community, the JNU administration continues with its typical insensitive and non-.
committal attitude..
.
Making the Campus Barrier-Free: Physically challenged students come to undertake higher education against all odds. It.
is the duty of the university to take proper steps to ensure that their life on campus is without hurdles. For this reason, all.
infrastructural changes must be made in academic and residential complexes to make them barrier free, and necessary.
consideration must be made while planning buildings and structures. JNU has already received funds for the same, and they.
need to transparently and immediately deployed..
.
Democratisation in Science schools: Tremendous investments have been made in recent years on facilities such as.
advanced instrumentation. However, in practice, the experience of students has been that these facilities are made available to.
a very select few and that most students are unable to access them since they enforce a prohibitive charge for their use (e.g. in.
AIRF) or selective control. This creates a discriminatory situation where resources acquired through public money are then made.
available to a select few rather than being accessible to all. There is pressing need of democratization and transparency at all.
levels: democratic allotment of labs to all registered students, and all-round transparency in the evaluation by the doctoral.
committees in clearing progress reports and granting 9B for instance. Irregular and delayed supply of chemicals and instruments.
in science schools must be addressed and lab facilities must be improved and latest books must be made available in the.
library..
.
Translation cell : Many students entering JNU come from state government schools and educational institutions where the.
medium of instruction is the dominant state language. As a result, on entering JNU they face considerable difficulties in following.
texts written in English. We firmly believe that lack of access to English should not be allowed to become a deterrent in pursuit of.
higher education. The previous JNUSU had firmly raised the issue through a brainstorming with several experts, and this has.
also been repeatedly raised in several BoS meetings. The JNU administration's continuing dilly-dallying and insensitive approach.
in this regard is highly condemnable despite their being a national-level recognition of this issue..
.
Ensuring Workers Rights and facilities: With the rise in the number of contract and daily-wage workers both for regular.
jobs (like mess, santitation, garbage cleaning, horticulture etc) as well as in the construction sites, there is overwhelming.
evidence of wide-spread violations of all workers rights and denial of virtually all facilities legally due to them. As the Principal.
Employer of all the contract labourers on campus, JNU administration cannot deny its responsibility towards ensuring the.
payment of legally mandated wages, timely payment of the same, protection of ESI/PF records, identity cards and all other work.
site facilities..
.
If JNU as an institution has to defend the vision of a truly inclusive educational institution, we have to carry on these struggles.
and intensify them..
.
Akbar, President, AISA, JNU Ashutosh Kumar, Jt. Secy, AISA, JNU.
..