Pondicherry University Non-Teaching Staff Welfare Association urges Vice-Chancellor to revoke order debarring students
The Hindu
‘Their protests in 2020 were neither violent nor irresponsible, and the fee hike is also an important matter related to student welfare’
The Pondicherry University Non-teaching Staff Welfare Association has urged Vice-Chancellor Prof. Gurmeet Singh to quash the recommendations of the Disciplinary Committee and revoke the order debarring 11 students, who participated in a protest against fee hike last year.
In a letter addressed to Mr. Singh, Association president K. Kaliaperumal said protests organised by the student community in February 2020 was never violent, and they were never irresponsible. The Students’ Council had the onerous responsibility and right to represent any matter pertaining to student welfare and other matters of importance, and the hike in fees is also an important matter related to student welfare.
“Their protest must be viewed as a thoughtful reflection on student rights. But to our great dismay, the meaningful voice and concern of the students has not been heard properly and also not handled judiciously by the university administration,” he said.
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