A first-year student of Jadavpur University in Kolkata died after allegedly falling from the second-floor balcony of the main hostel, police said on Thursday.
Education minister Bratya Basu had in recent occasions said that there was wide consensus among experts for implementation of some key features of National Education Policy, 2020, like four-year honours course in UG courses in place of the existing three years and one year post graduate course instead of two years, or 4+1 format in place of the erstwhile 3+2 format.
Spokesperson of the agitating students, Somnath Sow told reporters that Bhattacharya a popular teacher was undemocratically sacked by Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty in the last week of December on charges of being involved in activities detrimental to the functioning of the central university for daring to protest against his vindictiveness against those who raised their voices against his actions in the past.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condemned the assault on students and teachers of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), terming it a “heinous act†and a “shame on democracyâ€. A four-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation will visit JNU to express solidarity with students and teachers, she said.