Three Afghan Students Urge JNU To Ease PhD Admission Process For Those From Afghanistan
NDTV
Three students from Afghanistan have written to the Jawaharlal Nehru University's vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar urging him to ease the process for Afghan students to get admission in PhD courses.
Three students from Afghanistan have written to the Jawaharlal Nehru University's vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar urging him to ease the process for Afghan students to get admission in PhD courses in the wake of the "deteriorating" situation in their country. The three students completed their masters from the university this year.
"It is to bring to your kind notice that we are three Afghan terminal students who have completed our masters in M.A course in 2021. Due to the recent developments in Afghanistan, we are stranded here and feel deeply concerned about our academic future and our stay in India. This comes at a time when our return to Afghanistan would be a threat to our lives," the letter read.
The three students said they appeared for the JNU entrance exam for PhD programmes by paying a higher application fee. "Considering the fact that there is no quota for foreign students in PhD courses, this will inevitably affect the future of Afghan students who have given entrance exams, and will be deprived of seats who can't return to their country due to the unfolding situations in Afghanistan.
This might highly affect our stay in India and could risk us being forced to Afghanistan if we are not given any seats under the foreign national category," the students said in the letter.
