JNUTA to explore funding opportunities to reopen daycare centers on campus

The daycare center has been kept shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the teachers have been demanding the reopening of the day-care centre on the priority basis.

JNUTA to explore funding opportunities to reopen daycare centers on campus

Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) has claimed that the University has decided to explore funding opportunities from the Union Women and Child Development Ministry for the reopening of the day-care center. The daycare center has been kept shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the teachers have been demanding the reopening of the day-care centre on the priority basis.

Earlier this month, the matter was also discussed during a meeting of JNUTA with the Jawaharlal Nehru Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit and Rector Professor Ajay Kumar Dubey. "The reopening of the day-care centre on a priority basis and a possible expansion of this facility to include a women's centre for counselling and other relief was discussed," the JNUTA said. "It was decided that the university would explore funding opportunities with the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, Government of India as well as CSR funds. The JNUTA was asked to help prepare the proposal and a budget," it added, as reported by NDTV.

As per reports, during the meeting, other urgent and critical matters were also discussed including those related to the restoration of deprivation points for research admissions at the university. The JNUTA urged for the restoration of the deprivation points allotted on the basis of social justice and regional deprivation.

"The removal of deprivation points from PhD admissions has adversely impacted the overall profile of university research students in various ways. Consequently, the stock of the students admitted in the past years has become less diverse and exclusionary in terms of gender, caste and region," the teachers' body said.

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