PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2008 ID-64059
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Intensify the Ongoing Struggle Against Administration's Ploy Indefinite Hunger Strike Day 3 .
To Scuttle Reservation And Seat lncreaseln JNU's Admissions. Sandeep, President, JNUSU .
Correct All The Persisting Anomalies In 2008 Admissions Mobeen, Jt. Secy. , JNUSU .
Demo at UGC Anandi Vlsmay Relay Hunger Strike .
13 Aug 2.30pm Sharda, GSCASH .
I J Bus to Le_ave_A d ~-1 ock At 1. 30pm Digvijay, Piyush, Rajan, Sandeep 12.8.08 .
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Today 1s the 3rd day of the indefinite hunger strike which JNUSU has launched since Saturday night against several anomalies in JNU's admission process, particularly 11on~fulfilment of OBC, PH, SC/ST quota and the increased seat intake. From the very beginning of the admission process, JNUSU and the student community have engaged in a prolonged battle with the JNU administration to ensure that correct norms are observed and OBC reservation and seat increase is duly done. JNUSU congratulates the student community for their spirited participation in yesterday's protest demonstration during the meeting of the Standing committee on admissions and for ensuring a successful flash strike today against continuing .
administrative anomalies. .
During the meeting, JNUSU strongly demanded that the mandated increased seat intake at the various centres be fully filled. The administration was forced to agree to JNUSU's demands that the 19 vacant seats in the BA programme be filled. Subsequently, a list of 29 students has been brought out. The administration also agreed to fill the intake in the MPhiiJPhd programme, and an additional list will be brought out today. .
However, the administration remained adamant in not fulfilling JNUSU's other demands. They refused to bring out a waiting list for the MA Urdu programme where the intake has not been filled, even though the SFC (Student Faculty .
Comm1ttee) has written to the admmistration demandir,g that the eligibility criteria be changed in order to accommodate more students Regarding fulfilment of the PH quota, the administration claimed that wherever there were PH seats, all .
eligible PH students have been admitted JNUSU however strongly argued that the PH quota has to be fulfilled at any cost, and extra PH seats should be created if necessary. JNUSU demanded that the last date of admissions be extended keeping in view all these anomalies. .
B...~ on the critical issue of filling the OBC quota, the administration showed its casteist colour once again in spite of being completely exposed both in terms of law and logic by JNUSU. JNUSU argued that the significant shortfall in the OBC intake this year is because o'f the completely erroneous and legally untenable methodology that the JNU administration has adopted in fixing the stipulated relaxation in cut-off for the OBC students. JNUSU maintains .
that the central question today 1n resolving the non-fulfilment of the OBC quota lies in correcting the dubious and casteist yardstick of the administration, which if unaddressed, will never let the OBC quota be filled in this campus. It is urgent for the students and teachers on this campus to speak up with firm clarity on this, and not let the administration have .
its casteist ways. JNUSU has already submitted a detailed note both to the administration as well as the UGC for immediate course correction. .
Let us summarise the basic points below: .
Tt-te Office Memorandum of MHRD dated 20 April, 2008 on the modalities of Implementation of the OBC Reservation Act offers the ~ollow1ng guidelines ( para (X) and (XI) with respect to the relaxation and application of Cut-off Rules for OBC.
reservation. .
"Each CEI is also authorized to fix cut off marks for admission/selection t11rough admission test, etc. for the OBC candidates with such differentia, frorn the cut off marks for the unreserved category as each institution may deem appropriate for maintaining the standards of education and at the same time ensuring that sufficient number of OBC candidates are available in keeping with the directions/observations of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India 1n this regard. This authorization by the central .
Government to the GEls to fix the cut off marks in the compliance with the Apex Courts direction asking The Central Government to .
examine the feasibility ofdetermining such cut-off marks. The Central Government believes that each CEI would ensure that the directions/.
observatioFls of the Hon'ble Court are followed " .
·eEls Which are in process of conducting admiss1on tests may decide on the cut-off marks for the OBC category well in time, so tha! consistent with the standards of the education of the CEis, sufficient number of eligible OBC candidates are ava1l~~le for selection on the basis of inter-se merit against the reserve seats. Such institutions may also obtain information pertam1ng to the background of students who may have indicated as belonging to the OBC category in the application form, so as to identify ~ose belonging to the 'creamy layer' from among them for exclusion from the counseling/ interview/ group discussions/ offer of admis-.
Sions." .
In light of this, a correct admission and reservation process in JNU should be along the following line: .
Acc~rding to the Act and the 01rcct1ve, tho university must fix "cut~off marks" for both unreserved and OBC candidat~s well fn tim~. rhr; ~.A:Jted (,Ut-off rnNI't:> ~~ t upposed to "maintain the standards of education" in a particular institution and IS ~ pn,--der,;.ttJr,rJ P'1 11r..y pan.Jrr~t~tN 011 vtluch 11 ovaluales whether students fit the standards of the Institute or not. The cut-ff I::.!'~ r,.;·;t.~~ ~,:; !!i§ fi9ffUffflt.lttLe uf d partlc.ular batch of entrance-seekers In JNU, forth~ unreserv~d candidates the .
ht.fk ilHUY. fjj~ 6Ut tiff is 4 r .
I ~·~ (ti:f fJd~ rJ:u::~tlu;rt; uf tlonournbl,, SupnJnn Cmul -o nw~imwn rclo.x~lt!Oil of I0 p0111ts can be given to an p; I J~u;.,'JH l; 'll rhP flrt reservctl (lll1flldolt.fl lt'~ u dllll'll.'11(1~11 l l tl~ rnu(IIIS tlhll tho ()81,.; t;:Jildidate can get at ,. . ''' -:, u . .r. ... 'h rfflf(.:.t;{l(oJNi t~· · h_lld~1lf7 AC I 01c.Jitluly, In JNLI, thO ''i;t_llOff IH.ll ~·~ tor OBC c:mdidates .
P.T.O. .
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PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2008 ID-64059
.
Intensify the Ongoing Struggle Against Administration's Ploy Indefinite Hunger Strike Day 3 .
To Scuttle Reservation And Seat lncreaseln JNU's Admissions. Sandeep, President, JNUSU .
Correct All The Persisting Anomalies In 2008 Admissions Mobeen, Jt. Secy. , JNUSU .
Demo at UGC Anandi Vlsmay Relay Hunger Strike .
13 Aug 2.30pm Sharda, GSCASH .
I J Bus to Le_ave_A d ~-1 ock At 1. 30pm Digvijay, Piyush, Rajan, Sandeep 12.8.08 .
.
Today 1s the 3rd day of the indefinite hunger strike which JNUSU has launched since Saturday night against several anomalies in JNU's admission process, particularly 11on~fulfilment of OBC, PH, SC/ST quota and the increased seat intake. From the very beginning of the admission process, JNUSU and the student community have engaged in a prolonged battle with the JNU administration to ensure that correct norms are observed and OBC reservation and seat increase is duly done. JNUSU congratulates the student community for their spirited participation in yesterday's protest demonstration during the meeting of the Standing committee on admissions and for ensuring a successful flash strike today against continuing .
administrative anomalies. .
During the meeting, JNUSU strongly demanded that the mandated increased seat intake at the various centres be fully filled. The administration was forced to agree to JNUSU's demands that the 19 vacant seats in the BA programme be filled. Subsequently, a list of 29 students has been brought out. The administration also agreed to fill the intake in the MPhiiJPhd programme, and an additional list will be brought out today. .
However, the administration remained adamant in not fulfilling JNUSU's other demands. They refused to bring out a waiting list for the MA Urdu programme where the intake has not been filled, even though the SFC (Student Faculty .
Comm1ttee) has written to the admmistration demandir,g that the eligibility criteria be changed in order to accommodate more students Regarding fulfilment of the PH quota, the administration claimed that wherever there were PH seats, all .
eligible PH students have been admitted JNUSU however strongly argued that the PH quota has to be fulfilled at any cost, and extra PH seats should be created if necessary. JNUSU demanded that the last date of admissions be extended keeping in view all these anomalies. .
B...~ on the critical issue of filling the OBC quota, the administration showed its casteist colour once again in spite of being completely exposed both in terms of law and logic by JNUSU. JNUSU argued that the significant shortfall in the OBC intake this year is because o'f the completely erroneous and legally untenable methodology that the JNU administration has adopted in fixing the stipulated relaxation in cut-off for the OBC students. JNUSU maintains .
that the central question today 1n resolving the non-fulfilment of the OBC quota lies in correcting the dubious and casteist yardstick of the administration, which if unaddressed, will never let the OBC quota be filled in this campus. It is urgent for the students and teachers on this campus to speak up with firm clarity on this, and not let the administration have .
its casteist ways. JNUSU has already submitted a detailed note both to the administration as well as the UGC for immediate course correction. .
Let us summarise the basic points below: .
Tt-te Office Memorandum of MHRD dated 20 April, 2008 on the modalities of Implementation of the OBC Reservation Act offers the ~ollow1ng guidelines ( para (X) and (XI) with respect to the relaxation and application of Cut-off Rules for OBC.
reservation. .
"Each CEI is also authorized to fix cut off marks for admission/selection t11rough admission test, etc. for the OBC candidates with such differentia, frorn the cut off marks for the unreserved category as each institution may deem appropriate for maintaining the standards of education and at the same time ensuring that sufficient number of OBC candidates are available in keeping with the directions/observations of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India 1n this regard. This authorization by the central .
Government to the GEls to fix the cut off marks in the compliance with the Apex Courts direction asking The Central Government to .
examine the feasibility ofdetermining such cut-off marks. The Central Government believes that each CEI would ensure that the directions/.
observatioFls of the Hon'ble Court are followed " .
·eEls Which are in process of conducting admiss1on tests may decide on the cut-off marks for the OBC category well in time, so tha! consistent with the standards of the education of the CEis, sufficient number of eligible OBC candidates are ava1l~~le for selection on the basis of inter-se merit against the reserve seats. Such institutions may also obtain information pertam1ng to the background of students who may have indicated as belonging to the OBC category in the application form, so as to identify ~ose belonging to the 'creamy layer' from among them for exclusion from the counseling/ interview/ group discussions/ offer of admis-.
Sions." .
In light of this, a correct admission and reservation process in JNU should be along the following line: .
Acc~rding to the Act and the 01rcct1ve, tho university must fix "cut~off marks" for both unreserved and OBC candidat~s well fn tim~. rhr; ~.A:Jted (,Ut-off rnNI't:> ~~ t upposed to "maintain the standards of education" in a particular institution and IS ~ pn,--der,;.ttJr,rJ P'1 11r..y pan.Jrr~t~tN 011 vtluch 11 ovaluales whether students fit the standards of the Institute or not. The cut-ff I::.!'~ r,.;·;t.~~ ~,:; !!i§ fi9ffUffflt.lttLe uf d partlc.ular batch of entrance-seekers In JNU, forth~ unreserv~d candidates the .
ht.fk ilHUY. fjj~ 6Ut tiff is 4 r .
I ~·~ (ti:f fJd~ rJ:u::~tlu;rt; uf tlonournbl,, SupnJnn Cmul -o nw~imwn rclo.x~lt!Oil of I0 p0111ts can be given to an p; I J~u;.,'JH l; 'll rhP flrt reservctl (lll1flldolt.fl lt'~ u dllll'll.'11(1~11 l l tl~ rnu(IIIS tlhll tho ()81,.; t;:Jildidate can get at ,. . ''' -:, u . .r. ... 'h rfflf(.:.t;{l(oJNi t~· · h_lld~1lf7 AC I 01c.Jitluly, In JNLI, thO ''i;t_llOff IH.ll ~·~ tor OBC c:mdidates .
P.T.O. .
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