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Updated: Jan 13, 2020 03:29 IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): National Board of Accreditation (NBA) chairman KK Aggarwal on Sunday asserted that protests at
government universities were hampering academic work and said that student politics should be student-centric rather than being agendas of
political parties."Student politics at universities should be centred on student issues and their rights
If the students have genuine demands, it is our responsibility to listen to hear them out and help them
However, it is a matter of loss for the entire country if the students are engaged in the agendas of political parties," Aggarwal told
ANI.Over 200 academicians, including Aggarwal, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to intervene in the protests
taking place in various educational institutions across the country."The concern is that universities are created for education and for the
However, academic work is often halted at these government and central universities for days and sometimes for months due to protests or
other reasons," Aggarwal said."At JNU, students and teachers have been protesting and academic work has been halted
If the students, professors, and administration are engaged in other activities, it defeats the basic purpose of these educational
institutes," he added.Aggarwal, former vice-chancellor of Indraprastha (IP) University said that we have to ensure that academic work is not
hampered in Central universities."As per the police investigation report into the violence at Jawaharlal Nehru Universities, it looks like
the violence was fueled by the left students," he said.In the letter, the academicians stated that the recent agitations have led to the
disruption of academic activities and day to day functioning of these institutions and university campuses are being turned into "islands of
ossified worldviews."The top academicians and vice-chancellors also said that such things were not only leading to violence between
different sections of students but also intolerance against the teachers and intellectuals.This comes after as many as 36 students were
injured during the violence in the JNU campus after a masked mob entered the varsity and assaulted students with sticks and rods
