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JNUSU Elections 2013: Perspective and Issues for an Uncompromising Students' Struggle 6·9·13 .
The upcoming JNUSU elections are being held in very challenging times -for the student movement and for thecountry. Political d1ssenters are being arbitrarily arrested and jailed, resources are being handed over on a platterto facilitate corporate profits and corruption, sexual violence as well as communal and casteist offensives are.
increasing even as the mastermind of the 2002 genocide is be1ng promoted as the next Prime Minister. and the witch-hunt1ng of.
minorities continues. Tribals are being displaced from their forests, peasants from their lands. workers from their rights to form.
unions and students from their right to affordable, quality education and dignified employment. In this phase of all-round.
displacement, the agenda of student movementhas to be one ofInclusion and guarantee of rights of students in campuses.
.
and people over the country's resources and democratic spaces. .
AISA played a significant role in the movement against rape, helping to shift the focus of the movement to women.
's freedom..
.
AISA has mobilised students in Delhi against the policy offensive on higher education in the fo rm of FYUP (wh1ch affects not.
only DU but also JNU students by eroding the job prospects of JNU research scholars). AISA led the powerful students' protest.
against the communal fascist Modi's visit to SRCC. AI SA has also taken consistent initiatives against minority witch-hunt, with AISA's.
JNUSU office bearers supporting the struggle for justice at Batla House, and visiting Lucknow in solidarity with struggle.
against custodial killing of Khalid Mujahid. AISA and its JNUSU office bearers also extended support for the struggles of Jamia.
Millia lslamia students. .
.
In this phase since March 2012, when JNUSU election was restored after a long gap, JNU students have witnessed how AISA visualised.
and introduced several key policy-level issues and put them firmly on the map of JNU 's student movement: such as.
reduction of weightage of viva marks, mandatory gender orientation programmes, setting up of a JNU Press and expanding.
the time period of the UGC fellowships to cover the entire research period..
In the past one year, we have ensured significant achievements in some of our struggles: for instance, the process of starting the JNU.
Press is now in place, remote access to the Library'.
s database has been ensured, UGC's attempts to curtail the JRF scholarships.
and subvert reservation in JRF were successfully rebuffed, institutional mechanisms to fix accountability and address violations of.
workers' rights were put in place in JNU, the JNU admission process was made more PH-friendly through JNUSU intervention.
.
in the EOO. A protracted struggle to double the MCM amount and extend the time period of the UGC fellowships forced a highly reluctant.
JNU administration to enhance the MCM to Rs 2000 and to create a corpus fund for research scholars during 4th and 5th year.This struggle to double the MCM amount and extend fellowship duration however has to be taken to its logical conclusion. To address -massive hostel crisis, SPS dorm facilities for 150 students with mess facilities for Rs 1965 was ensured. Administrative attempts to.
curtail photocopying in JNU was successfully resisted, thus defending students' inalienable right to research material. New courses.
were introduced in SIS and SSS (including optionals for SL students), a separate centre for Korean language was started.
along with its long awaited M.Phil.programme, Metro feeder buses have started operating..
Some of the issues that need to be taken up by the next JNUSU are -.
Social Inclusion: .
Reducing Viva Weightage: Huge and systemic discrimination in viva marks was documented by the AISA led JNUSU.
which was in office since March-August 2012. The struggle against high viva weightage must be taken to its final conclusion..
DSF's ideological mentors in the JNU faculty, openly in writing, opposed reduction in viva weightage, Significantly, JNUSU.
President too, deliberately made it impossible for the Union as an institution to take up the crucial legal battle on this issue.
by his inconsistent and contradictory communication with the lawyer This struggle cannot be held ransom to lobbies within.
the JNU administration and the faculty. The JNUSU must be freed from fetters which constrained this crucial struggle..
.
Doubling MCM toRs 3000: In March and November 2012, the JNU administration had committed in writing to doubling the.
MCM toRs 3000. However administrative dilly dallying continued, even as students kept up a sustained struggle through.
University strike, hunger strike, Marches to the MHRD and UGC. While the continuing students' struggle forced the reluctant.
Administration to increase MCM up toRs 2000, this is clearly inadequate in the face of sky rocketing inflation and mess bills..
AISA is committed to carry forward the struggle to ensure that theAdministration is forced to keep its promise ofincreasing.
the MCM toRs3000. .
.
Fellowship to cover the entire duration of the research period: In view of the financial crisis faced by research.
scholars in the crucial last two years of their research (when their 5-year fellowship stops), AISA introduced the demand of.
fellowship for he full duration of the research period and made it an agenda of struggle. After a protracted struggle, the.
Administration has been forced to agree to creating a corpus fund for lump sum transfers to needy research scholars in the.
.
4th and 5th years of their research. This step marks a recognition ofthe need to address the crisis and creates a solid.
ground for taking the battle forward. AI SAis committed to take up this challenge at all levels so that a policy is evolved to.
ensure full financial assistance to all research scholars during the entire period of their research..
.
Scrap the UPSC decision to exclude foreign languages as optional subjects in the UPSC exam: Under this.
discriminatory clause. candidates cannot choose subjects such as French, Chinese, Japanese etc. and evenArabic and.
Persian (which have been taught for centuries in this country and yet are deemed 'foreign.
.
') as their optional in the UPSCexam. This must be scrapped. .
Transparent and time-bound implementation of the scheme for barrier-free campus, and other facilities forVH/.
PH students. including academic and library facilities. .
Fight the arbitrary imposition of FYUP, which. apart from being grossly anti-student, erodes permanent teaching posts,.
jeopardising the job prospects forearly career research scholars in JNU as well. It is extremely essential that JNUSU too.
mustjoin forces with DU students against the FYUP. .
.
J>.T.O. .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2013 ID-54906
.
. .
,-.
~ft!J.
JNUSU Elections 2013: Perspective and Issues for an Uncompromising Students' Struggle 6·9·13 .
The upcoming JNUSU elections are being held in very challenging times -for the student movement and for thecountry. Political d1ssenters are being arbitrarily arrested and jailed, resources are being handed over on a platterto facilitate corporate profits and corruption, sexual violence as well as communal and casteist offensives are.
increasing even as the mastermind of the 2002 genocide is be1ng promoted as the next Prime Minister. and the witch-hunt1ng of.
minorities continues. Tribals are being displaced from their forests, peasants from their lands. workers from their rights to form.
unions and students from their right to affordable, quality education and dignified employment. In this phase of all-round.
displacement, the agenda of student movementhas to be one ofInclusion and guarantee of rights of students in campuses.
.
and people over the country's resources and democratic spaces. .
AISA played a significant role in the movement against rape, helping to shift the focus of the movement to women.
's freedom..
.
AISA has mobilised students in Delhi against the policy offensive on higher education in the fo rm of FYUP (wh1ch affects not.
only DU but also JNU students by eroding the job prospects of JNU research scholars). AISA led the powerful students' protest.
against the communal fascist Modi's visit to SRCC. AI SA has also taken consistent initiatives against minority witch-hunt, with AISA's.
JNUSU office bearers supporting the struggle for justice at Batla House, and visiting Lucknow in solidarity with struggle.
against custodial killing of Khalid Mujahid. AISA and its JNUSU office bearers also extended support for the struggles of Jamia.
Millia lslamia students. .
.
In this phase since March 2012, when JNUSU election was restored after a long gap, JNU students have witnessed how AISA visualised.
and introduced several key policy-level issues and put them firmly on the map of JNU 's student movement: such as.
reduction of weightage of viva marks, mandatory gender orientation programmes, setting up of a JNU Press and expanding.
the time period of the UGC fellowships to cover the entire research period..
In the past one year, we have ensured significant achievements in some of our struggles: for instance, the process of starting the JNU.
Press is now in place, remote access to the Library'.
s database has been ensured, UGC's attempts to curtail the JRF scholarships.
and subvert reservation in JRF were successfully rebuffed, institutional mechanisms to fix accountability and address violations of.
workers' rights were put in place in JNU, the JNU admission process was made more PH-friendly through JNUSU intervention.
.
in the EOO. A protracted struggle to double the MCM amount and extend the time period of the UGC fellowships forced a highly reluctant.
JNU administration to enhance the MCM to Rs 2000 and to create a corpus fund for research scholars during 4th and 5th year.This struggle to double the MCM amount and extend fellowship duration however has to be taken to its logical conclusion. To address -massive hostel crisis, SPS dorm facilities for 150 students with mess facilities for Rs 1965 was ensured. Administrative attempts to.
curtail photocopying in JNU was successfully resisted, thus defending students' inalienable right to research material. New courses.
were introduced in SIS and SSS (including optionals for SL students), a separate centre for Korean language was started.
along with its long awaited M.Phil.programme, Metro feeder buses have started operating..
Some of the issues that need to be taken up by the next JNUSU are -.
Social Inclusion: .
Reducing Viva Weightage: Huge and systemic discrimination in viva marks was documented by the AISA led JNUSU.
which was in office since March-August 2012. The struggle against high viva weightage must be taken to its final conclusion..
DSF's ideological mentors in the JNU faculty, openly in writing, opposed reduction in viva weightage, Significantly, JNUSU.
President too, deliberately made it impossible for the Union as an institution to take up the crucial legal battle on this issue.
by his inconsistent and contradictory communication with the lawyer This struggle cannot be held ransom to lobbies within.
the JNU administration and the faculty. The JNUSU must be freed from fetters which constrained this crucial struggle..
.
Doubling MCM toRs 3000: In March and November 2012, the JNU administration had committed in writing to doubling the.
MCM toRs 3000. However administrative dilly dallying continued, even as students kept up a sustained struggle through.
University strike, hunger strike, Marches to the MHRD and UGC. While the continuing students' struggle forced the reluctant.
Administration to increase MCM up toRs 2000, this is clearly inadequate in the face of sky rocketing inflation and mess bills..
AISA is committed to carry forward the struggle to ensure that theAdministration is forced to keep its promise ofincreasing.
the MCM toRs3000. .
.
Fellowship to cover the entire duration of the research period: In view of the financial crisis faced by research.
scholars in the crucial last two years of their research (when their 5-year fellowship stops), AISA introduced the demand of.
fellowship for he full duration of the research period and made it an agenda of struggle. After a protracted struggle, the.
Administration has been forced to agree to creating a corpus fund for lump sum transfers to needy research scholars in the.
.
4th and 5th years of their research. This step marks a recognition ofthe need to address the crisis and creates a solid.
ground for taking the battle forward. AI SAis committed to take up this challenge at all levels so that a policy is evolved to.
ensure full financial assistance to all research scholars during the entire period of their research..
.
Scrap the UPSC decision to exclude foreign languages as optional subjects in the UPSC exam: Under this.
discriminatory clause. candidates cannot choose subjects such as French, Chinese, Japanese etc. and evenArabic and.
Persian (which have been taught for centuries in this country and yet are deemed 'foreign.
.
') as their optional in the UPSCexam. This must be scrapped. .
Transparent and time-bound implementation of the scheme for barrier-free campus, and other facilities forVH/.
PH students. including academic and library facilities. .
Fight the arbitrary imposition of FYUP, which. apart from being grossly anti-student, erodes permanent teaching posts,.
jeopardising the job prospects forearly career research scholars in JNU as well. It is extremely essential that JNUSU too.
mustjoin forces with DU students against the FYUP. .
.
J>.T.O. .
.
~ .
.