11 minutes agoWriters: Devanshu Tiwari / Rajesh Sahu
The atmosphere of Allahabad Central University, which is called ‘Oxford of the East’, is hot. After 400% fee hike, students are continuously protesting against the university administration. However, bypassing the students’ protest, the university’s vice-chancellor Sangeeta Srivastava has claimed that after the year 1922, now the fees of the university have been increased this year. These fees are very less as compared to other central universities of the country.
The VC’s claim on the course fee of the university may be true, but studying here is the most expensive among the central universities of the whole country. We have compared the new fees of Allahabad University with the fee structure of major central universities across the country. After this, the figures related to the expensive hostel fees have been told through graphic.
- Let us know about all in turn…
Initially due to increased course fees in the university…
University’s argument – Fee hike is an attempt to reduce dependence on the government
On the fee hike, the Allahabad University administration says that the universities have received orders from the government that they will have to arrange funds at their level. That’s why we have tried to reduce our dependence on the government by increasing the fees for the courses. The tuition fee charged from students every month for the last 110 years was Rs 12. It was necessary to increase the electricity bill, hostel maintenance fee.
University’s outstanding electricity bill was Rs 7.5 crore
Students taking out torch procession in protest against fee hike in the university.
According to the information received from the Vice Chancellor’s office of the university, the total outstanding electricity bill here has reached Rs 7.5 crore. There are total 20 hostels in the university, in which 30 thousand students live. The university administration says that even during the Corona period, the students used electricity a lot, but no one was ready to pay the bill. The burden of outstanding money is increasing, the power of the university can be cut at any time.
- Even you got the favor of Allahabad University administration on the fee hike. Let’s go sequentially on the words of the student organizations who are agitating ahead…
National Students Union of India (NSUI): Akhilesh Yadav, the state president of the students’ organization said, “Allahabad University is not a mall that you are selling pickles, whey here. The boys who come out of the university after studying, they become officers in the future. You develop human resources here. If you look at it from the point of view of money-raising, then you will deviate from your goal. Akhilesh also raised the issue of expensive hostel fees of the university.
NSUI state president Akhilesh Yadav.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP): Union worker Atendra Singh said, “The decision to increase the fees is completely wrong. If the fees were to be increased, then the university administration should have talked. It would have been right then the proposal would have come before the student union office-bearers, PhD scholars.”
On the question of self-immolation attempts amid the protests, Atendra says, “Our organization does not support it. The fight can be fought only by being alive. You shut the university. Make a roadblock. But don’t commit suicide. This will put a strain on the university.” There won’t be any impact, but it will definitely affect your family.”
ABVP student leader Atendra Singh says that the hostel fee of the university administration is the most expensive in the entire country. A child from a poor family cannot study here.
Samajwadi Student Council: Student leader Shubham said, “The financial condition of the students studying here has not been very good. If the fees will be increased now, how will the children be able to study further. If the fees had not increased, the students would not have been forced to drink kerosene. “
Student leaders of SP, NSUI, ABVP united against Allahabad University administration against fee hike.
- Now let’s see the statistics related to the hostel fees of big universities and AUs of the country…
These are the annual hostel fees charged in all universities.
Finally, know when and what happened in Allahabad University in the last 15 days.
- 6 September: Five students (Ayush Priyadarshi, Abhishek Yadav, Rahul Saroj, Manjit Patel and Gaurav Gaur) sat on hunger strike to protest against the fee hike.
- 7 September: Thousands of students marched on foot and raised slogans on the Allahabad University campus.
- September 8: In protest against the fee hike, the student leaders held a meeting and decided that if the fee is not reduced, then we will collectively sacrifice our lives.
- 9 September: Under the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav, the state president of NSUI and former president of the students union, the students held the student welfare hostage for two hours.
- September 10: When the condition of fasting student Gaurav Gaur deteriorated, he was admitted to the hospital. Due to this, a strategy was made to take out the outrage march.
- September 11: Hundreds of students took out an outcry march in the university campus. The condition of the fasting students Manjeet and Rahul Saroj deteriorated and both were admitted to the hospital.
- September 13: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rashtriya Lok Dal and student organization extended support.
- 14 September: The support of the Aam Aadmi Party was also found.
- 15 September: Students took out torch procession.
- 16 September: Priyanka Gandhi supported the students by tweeting. The workers of Shivpal Yadav’s party gave support. The condition of a student named Anurag Yadav deteriorated.
- September 17: The student leaders met and made the next strategy.
On 18 September, the students played bean in front of the buffalo and protested.
- 19 September: A student named Adarsh Bhadauria attempted self-immolation by spraying kerosene.
- 20 September: The students protested furiously. Giving the name of Ar or Paar Tuesday, further fierce protests took place. A student drank kerosene and a student tried to jump on the roof of the Vice Chancellor’s office.
- September 21: Ajay Yadav Samrat, student leader of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha, alleged that the administration has done videography by sending PDA and police team to his house. He fears that a bulldozer will be run over his house.