PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2009 ID-24191
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know that it is student pressure, mobilization, and our sound logic that has forced you to attempt to put on a clock of being pro-poor. However, you cannot fool us with your face-saving tactics: it is shameful that the VC of a so-called progressive institution like JNU, and that too an economist, should insult not just our concerns for social justice and a democratic ethos, but also the poverty of the millions of Indians for whom life is a daily fight for survival. .
The waiver that the JNU administration has announced will mean nothing for children from BPL families, because they are simply nowhere in the range of even dreaming of higher education. The BPL waiver simply cannot compensate or counterbalance the damage that the increased prospectus fees have inflicted. Firstly, the fees hike has damaged the basic ethical premise that universities or admission processes cannot be run like commercial and profiteering ventures. Secondly, through higher prices, it has discouraged and actually squeezed out those in the social ladder who are struggling against odds to begin to equip themselves with an education, and aspire to come for higher education. We would like to ask our VC: how does he hope to address these two concerns with his proposal? We would also like to remind the VC and his team that we have also not forgotten the crores of money that has been grossly misused by the current administration, whose hallmark has become crass commercialization, undemocratic decision-making, and unwarranted and uncalled-for expenditure. If the administration lives under the illusion that it will be able to continue to generate crores of funds in the name of students, and not utilize it for basic needs of the student community like hostels, fellowships or the health centre, we will happily and decisively break this illusion. We will collectively show the JNU administration that they have not seen the end of the student mobilization; they have rather just begun to taste it. We will not rest till each unnecessary expense and each dubious deal is exposed, and till the administration is forced to spend our funds where they are really needed. There is no space for cynicism or tiredness in the student movement, and we have to prepare ourselves for a long and protracted battle. .
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2009 ID-24191
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know that it is student pressure, mobilization, and our sound logic that has forced you to attempt to put on a clock of being pro-poor. However, you cannot fool us with your face-saving tactics: it is shameful that the VC of a so-called progressive institution like JNU, and that too an economist, should insult not just our concerns for social justice and a democratic ethos, but also the poverty of the millions of Indians for whom life is a daily fight for survival. .
The waiver that the JNU administration has announced will mean nothing for children from BPL families, because they are simply nowhere in the range of even dreaming of higher education. The BPL waiver simply cannot compensate or counterbalance the damage that the increased prospectus fees have inflicted. Firstly, the fees hike has damaged the basic ethical premise that universities or admission processes cannot be run like commercial and profiteering ventures. Secondly, through higher prices, it has discouraged and actually squeezed out those in the social ladder who are struggling against odds to begin to equip themselves with an education, and aspire to come for higher education. We would like to ask our VC: how does he hope to address these two concerns with his proposal? We would also like to remind the VC and his team that we have also not forgotten the crores of money that has been grossly misused by the current administration, whose hallmark has become crass commercialization, undemocratic decision-making, and unwarranted and uncalled-for expenditure. If the administration lives under the illusion that it will be able to continue to generate crores of funds in the name of students, and not utilize it for basic needs of the student community like hostels, fellowships or the health centre, we will happily and decisively break this illusion. We will collectively show the JNU administration that they have not seen the end of the student mobilization; they have rather just begun to taste it. We will not rest till each unnecessary expense and each dubious deal is exposed, and till the administration is forced to spend our funds where they are really needed. There is no space for cynicism or tiredness in the student movement, and we have to prepare ourselves for a long and protracted battle. .
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