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Students demand 'carry-on' system for undergraduate courses Day 4: SCC hunger strike continues 9/7/2015 11:58:30 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 7: Over hundreds of girl students from Government College for Women (GCW) Parade-Jammu today staged a protest demonstration on the fourth consecutive day of hunger strike, against the 'anti-student' policies of Jammu University (JU). Students held a protest demanding "carry-on" system for all undergraduate courses where semester system has been introduced by university authorities last year. The protest led by Nitika Charak was held under the banner of the Students Coordination Committee (SCC), an amalgam of various student and social organizations. The protesting students raised slogans against Higher Education Minister Naeem Akhtar and the varsity authorities, besides torched effigy of Vice Chancellor Jammu University. Addressing the gathering, Charak said, "Students are on the roads for the last more than one and half months demanding carry-on system, but the authorities concerned are not serious about the issue." She said the Higher Education Minister Naeem Akhtar and Minister of State for Higher Education Priya Sethi were very well aware of fact that the students had been on roads since long demanding "carry-on" system and memorandums had also been submitted to them, but in vain. She added, "We are committed to fight for the rights of the student community and will not allow anybody to play with and ruin the future of students. The ongoing agitation will not end till the demands of the protesting students are accepted by the authorities concerned." She said that two days back they had been called by the Dean Colleges of Jammu University, wherein he said that they had no link with the colleges in this regard. They are only concerned with the examination. "We asked why different parameters were adopted by the University while holding a meeting of all colleges, wherein some colleges had mentioned 75 percent carry on system, while others had only 50 percent," she said and added that the dean answered that he cannot do anything in this regard, the students should concentrate on studies. Further threatening that if demands not met at the earliest, the entire student community across the Jammu region will boycott classes and come on roads.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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