The State Government is planning to order a shutdown of all universities from January 1 to 25
Hyderabad : With the situation in universities once again threatening to turn volatile as the deadline for submission of the Srikrishna Committee report nears, the state government is planning to order a shutdown of all universities from January 1 to 25 in the name of “short-term vacation”.
Normally, the universities declare only a week’s holidays ahead of Sankranti. This time, all vice-chancellors will be directed to close down all hostels and messes to ensure that none of the students stay back in the campuses.
The “holidays” seem to be a necessity as the Osmania University, Kakatiya University and Telangana University were forced on Saturday to indefinitely postpone the postgraduate semester exams bowing to pressure from students who threatened to boycott and obstruct the exams, demanding the release of OUJAC leaders from the Cherlapally jail and withdrawal of all cases against students who participated in T-agitations.
According to official sources, the Governor and Chancellor of universities, Mr E. S.L. Narasimhan. has called an emergency meeting of all VCs on December 26 at the Raj Bhavan to discuss the issue and the measures to be taken to curb agitations and violence on campuses after the Srikrishna Committee report is submitted.
Sources said that the OU vice-chancellor, Mr Tirupati Rao, who is set to retire in three months, will be asked to step down as he failed to restore normalcy on campus since December last year. The government is considering appointing the former DGP, Mr Swaranjit Sen, in his place.
source : DC
Hyderabad : With the situation in universities once again threatening to turn volatile as the deadline for submission of the Srikrishna Committee report nears, the state government is planning to order a shutdown of all universities from January 1 to 25 in the name of “short-term vacation”.
Normally, the universities declare only a week’s holidays ahead of Sankranti. This time, all vice-chancellors will be directed to close down all hostels and messes to ensure that none of the students stay back in the campuses.
The “holidays” seem to be a necessity as the Osmania University, Kakatiya University and Telangana University were forced on Saturday to indefinitely postpone the postgraduate semester exams bowing to pressure from students who threatened to boycott and obstruct the exams, demanding the release of OUJAC leaders from the Cherlapally jail and withdrawal of all cases against students who participated in T-agitations.
According to official sources, the Governor and Chancellor of universities, Mr E. S.L. Narasimhan. has called an emergency meeting of all VCs on December 26 at the Raj Bhavan to discuss the issue and the measures to be taken to curb agitations and violence on campuses after the Srikrishna Committee report is submitted.
Sources said that the OU vice-chancellor, Mr Tirupati Rao, who is set to retire in three months, will be asked to step down as he failed to restore normalcy on campus since December last year. The government is considering appointing the former DGP, Mr Swaranjit Sen, in his place.
source : DC
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