PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2012 ID-54264
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SLL&CS .
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cannot be led by so-called "left" forces like SF I. which have a natjonal oosition defending Lynqdoh! After all, we have not forgotten that SFI boycotted several of JSC's joint initiatives because of its pro-Lyngdoh national position. It boycotted the national convention for campus democracy held in January 2009, and on October 22nd 2009 when JSC called a Night Vigil against Lyngdoh and defending the JNUSU constitution, SFI .
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not just boycotted the programme. it called a parallel programme of its own on the very same day and time! .
.
Defending Democratic Decision-Making Bodies and Resisting Administrative Interference: We have seen .
.
several attempts by the JNU administration to undermine .
democratic decision-making bodies, especially the IHA. For .
.
.
instance, establishment charges have been increased twice by the IHA, without any data and information to justify this move. Moreover, hostel administrations are increasingly acting in a high-handed and autocratic manner, clamping democratic spaces and rights in our hostels. JNUSU will have to take this issue up in the days to come. .
Student Representation in AC/BoS: After a long struggle by JNUSU and the student community, the JNU administration agreed that students should have representation in statutory decision-making bodies like the AC/BoS. However, the existing grade point criterion limits the scope of participation ofstudents, and goes against the democratic ethos of JNU. Elections for student representation to AC/BoS need to be held and the grade criterion needs to be removed. .
Ensuring Effective Student Representation in Decision-making: In 2007 and 2008, the JNUSU had taken certain measures to ensure democratization of decision-making: student representation in the management of library .
.
facilities, presence of JNUSU in the fee-waiver committee for foreign students and representation of PH students in the CDC .
had been ensured. This process has to be carried forward, and all possible forums of representation, including the Student Faculty Commrttees, have to be revitalized. .
Ensuring and Defending Mandatory Wages and Rights of the Workers on Campus: Fightfor the mandatory wages and rights of the contracUdaily-wage workers on campus has been a major concern of the JNU student community. JNUSU must consolidate and continue with the efforts to ensure that mandatorywagesand rights regarding timely payment, ESI/PF .
and other work conditions are notviolated by the administrtion-SIS .
.
contractor nexus. .
.
School Specific Issues .
sss .
Improvement offunctioning of DSA and SAP libraries: Xerox facilities in SAP library of CPS, CSSS library, extension of timings of all departmental libraries. Students .
.
representation required on library committees. .
Scanning oftextbooks and readings for major courses for physically challenged students on an immediate basis. .
.
The catalogue of books available in the department libraries of various centres (CPS/CSSS etc) should be uploaded on to the catalogue of the central library. .
The platform of the 'SSS Debates' should be rejuvenated. Democratizing academic structure by providing basic texts .
.
in vernacular languages, and setting up department-level mechanisms/bodies for special coaching. .
.
Revitalize SFCs in all centres, elections must be held;.
.
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interaction between SFCs and SSS Councillors to be .
regularized. .
Options to take out of centre courses should be increased..
.
.
Immediate redressal ofhigh-drop rate: The BA programme in SL is witnessing a steady rise in drop-out rate, particularly in centres like Japanese, Chinese and Korean. Students are falling victim to undemocratic atmosphere in the classroom, as well as use of arbitrary evaluation norms in the 1st semester itself. .
Immediately increase the number of permanent faculties .
in several departments. .
The SL cultural festival Ka//o/, and the film festival Ka/rav .
should be revived. .
.
Immediately increase the number of permanent faculties .
in several departments. .
More regular functioning of the Career Counselling and .
.
Placement Bureau for the students of SLL&CS. .
Increase the number of optionals offered in SL and also in other schools like SS$ and SIS. Moreover, the seats thereof should be increased and the allotment process should be streamlined. .
Centre based selection propess for award of foreign scholarships be made transperant and bias free: In recent times, the selection process adopted by centres for awarding foreign scholarships have increasingly become non-transparent; well-established procedures adopted earlier are being replaced by arbitrary criteria and internal evaluations that create room for biasedness and favouritism. .
Institution of the Student-Faculty Committee (SFC) should .
be strengthened through regular elections and real .
democratic participation. .
Computerfacilities with language software and fonts should .
be upgraded, maintained and kept fully functional. .
A Reading Room facility should be restored, furnished with .
foreign language magazines, journals and daily .
newspapers. .
Expansion of Centre for Indian Languages (CIL) to include other modern Indian Languages, (such as Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Oriya), introduce a Comparitive Literature programme in SLL&CS, M Phil/PhD programmes in the Korean language. Korean should be developed as a full-fledged centre. .
Computerroom facility in the school, achieved after onerous efforts, is now in terrible shape. The entire set up must be upgraded and duly maintained. .
There should be an online database for the school with all necessary academic and institutional information. .
Students should be subsidized and encouraged to attend national and international level seminars and Students exchange programme for M.A. level students be started. .
Restructuring of programmes and courses to make them socially-sensitive and also to equip students with necessary quantitative techniques so to enable them to benefit from the state-of-art literature. .
A schoolleyel magazine with a permanent wall magazine highlighting issues of our times. Restarting of the system of tutorials to help students. .
School/centre-level libraries. with books and journals. Revamping of the common room-infrastructure as well as newspapers/journals available in the common room. .
.
.
PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2012 ID-54264
.
SLL&CS .
.
cannot be led by so-called "left" forces like SF I. which have a natjonal oosition defending Lynqdoh! After all, we have not forgotten that SFI boycotted several of JSC's joint initiatives because of its pro-Lyngdoh national position. It boycotted the national convention for campus democracy held in January 2009, and on October 22nd 2009 when JSC called a Night Vigil against Lyngdoh and defending the JNUSU constitution, SFI .
.
not just boycotted the programme. it called a parallel programme of its own on the very same day and time! .
.
Defending Democratic Decision-Making Bodies and Resisting Administrative Interference: We have seen .
.
several attempts by the JNU administration to undermine .
democratic decision-making bodies, especially the IHA. For .
.
.
instance, establishment charges have been increased twice by the IHA, without any data and information to justify this move. Moreover, hostel administrations are increasingly acting in a high-handed and autocratic manner, clamping democratic spaces and rights in our hostels. JNUSU will have to take this issue up in the days to come. .
Student Representation in AC/BoS: After a long struggle by JNUSU and the student community, the JNU administration agreed that students should have representation in statutory decision-making bodies like the AC/BoS. However, the existing grade point criterion limits the scope of participation ofstudents, and goes against the democratic ethos of JNU. Elections for student representation to AC/BoS need to be held and the grade criterion needs to be removed. .
Ensuring Effective Student Representation in Decision-making: In 2007 and 2008, the JNUSU had taken certain measures to ensure democratization of decision-making: student representation in the management of library .
.
facilities, presence of JNUSU in the fee-waiver committee for foreign students and representation of PH students in the CDC .
had been ensured. This process has to be carried forward, and all possible forums of representation, including the Student Faculty Commrttees, have to be revitalized. .
Ensuring and Defending Mandatory Wages and Rights of the Workers on Campus: Fightfor the mandatory wages and rights of the contracUdaily-wage workers on campus has been a major concern of the JNU student community. JNUSU must consolidate and continue with the efforts to ensure that mandatorywagesand rights regarding timely payment, ESI/PF .
and other work conditions are notviolated by the administrtion-SIS .
.
contractor nexus. .
.
School Specific Issues .
sss .
Improvement offunctioning of DSA and SAP libraries: Xerox facilities in SAP library of CPS, CSSS library, extension of timings of all departmental libraries. Students .
.
representation required on library committees. .
Scanning oftextbooks and readings for major courses for physically challenged students on an immediate basis. .
.
The catalogue of books available in the department libraries of various centres (CPS/CSSS etc) should be uploaded on to the catalogue of the central library. .
The platform of the 'SSS Debates' should be rejuvenated. Democratizing academic structure by providing basic texts .
.
in vernacular languages, and setting up department-level mechanisms/bodies for special coaching. .
.
Revitalize SFCs in all centres, elections must be held;.
.
.
interaction between SFCs and SSS Councillors to be .
regularized. .
Options to take out of centre courses should be increased..
.
.
Immediate redressal ofhigh-drop rate: The BA programme in SL is witnessing a steady rise in drop-out rate, particularly in centres like Japanese, Chinese and Korean. Students are falling victim to undemocratic atmosphere in the classroom, as well as use of arbitrary evaluation norms in the 1st semester itself. .
Immediately increase the number of permanent faculties .
in several departments. .
The SL cultural festival Ka//o/, and the film festival Ka/rav .
should be revived. .
.
Immediately increase the number of permanent faculties .
in several departments. .
More regular functioning of the Career Counselling and .
.
Placement Bureau for the students of SLL&CS. .
Increase the number of optionals offered in SL and also in other schools like SS$ and SIS. Moreover, the seats thereof should be increased and the allotment process should be streamlined. .
Centre based selection propess for award of foreign scholarships be made transperant and bias free: In recent times, the selection process adopted by centres for awarding foreign scholarships have increasingly become non-transparent; well-established procedures adopted earlier are being replaced by arbitrary criteria and internal evaluations that create room for biasedness and favouritism. .
Institution of the Student-Faculty Committee (SFC) should .
be strengthened through regular elections and real .
democratic participation. .
Computerfacilities with language software and fonts should .
be upgraded, maintained and kept fully functional. .
A Reading Room facility should be restored, furnished with .
foreign language magazines, journals and daily .
newspapers. .
Expansion of Centre for Indian Languages (CIL) to include other modern Indian Languages, (such as Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Oriya), introduce a Comparitive Literature programme in SLL&CS, M Phil/PhD programmes in the Korean language. Korean should be developed as a full-fledged centre. .
Computerroom facility in the school, achieved after onerous efforts, is now in terrible shape. The entire set up must be upgraded and duly maintained. .
There should be an online database for the school with all necessary academic and institutional information. .
Students should be subsidized and encouraged to attend national and international level seminars and Students exchange programme for M.A. level students be started. .
Restructuring of programmes and courses to make them socially-sensitive and also to equip students with necessary quantitative techniques so to enable them to benefit from the state-of-art literature. .
A schoolleyel magazine with a permanent wall magazine highlighting issues of our times. Restarting of the system of tutorials to help students. .
School/centre-level libraries. with books and journals. Revamping of the common room-infrastructure as well as newspapers/journals available in the common room. .
.
.