Jamia Millia Islamia students stage protest; demand reopening of campus

The students raised slogans demanding that the varsity should proceed with the phase-wise reopening of the campus like the Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Jamia Milia Islamia students have staged a protest outside the campus here demanding the reopening of the varsity which has been kept closed since mid-March last year due to a coronavirus outbreak and to prevent its spread. The varsity administration, however, maintained that a decision in this regard will be taken by the Executive Council (EC) after consultations with all stakeholders. The students raised slogans demanding that the varsity should proceed with the phase-wise reopening of the campus like the Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Last week, a group of students had also staged a protest questioning the varsity's decision to keep the campus closed when all the other educational institutions have been reopened following the COVID-19 protocols. A senior Delhi Police official said a group of around 20 students gathered outside the JMI campus demanding the reopening of the varsity.

"They wanted the university administration to resume classes, canteen and library. They staged a protest and left after a while. Nobody was detained," he said. According to the university spokesperson, "Views of all stakeholders, including students and parents, will be taken into consideration before a decision on reopening the campus is taken by the EC, the highest decision making body of the varsity". "A large number of students and parents already wrote to the university administration, saying online teaching should continue as the environment is still not conducive for offline classes considering the COVID-19 cases and discovery of the South African and Brazilian mutant strains of coronavirus in the country," he said.

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