Student groups urge Jamia Milia Islamia to reopen its campus as COVID-19 situation improves

Jamia Milia Islamia has kept its campus closed since March 2020, owing to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

Jamia Milia Islamia students have urged the university to reopen its campus as the COVID-19 situation improves in Delhi. Jamia Milia Islamia has kept its campus closed since March 2020, owing to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Meanwhile, many central Universities like the University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University have begun the phased-wise reopening of their campus. 

The national capital has reported 20 Covid cases and zero deaths on Monday, while the positivity rate stood at 0.04 per cent, as per the data shared by the health department. It must be noted that the national capital has recorded only three fatalities due to the COVID-19 infection in September so far.

Various student groups like the All India Students' Association (AISA), Campus Front of India, Students' Islamic Organisation of India (SIO), Students' Federation of India and others have demanded that the Jamia Milia Islamia should reopen its campus at the earliest. 

“For almost two years since the establishment of a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, students have been facing serious problems due to the closure of schools, colleges and university campuses. At a point in time, it was necessary to close all campuses due to increasing Covid cases and health issues. But now, the situation has totally changed. Most of the institutions and public places have already opened and with adequate sanitisation and social distancing, people have started using all the public facilities,” the statement said as reported by NDTV.

While speaking on the same, an official of the varsity, said that it has been decided during a meeting that students of courses like Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) and science courses that need to do practical work will be allowed to access the libraries and laboratories. It was also decided by the varsity that those PhD students will also be allowed to enter the campus who have to submit their thesis by the end of the year, provided they have received at least one dose of anti-Covid vaccine, he told the media house.

Meanwhile students' group claimed that, "Many students who wanted to access libraries and practical equipment are not yet given the permission to do so. Without these kinds of necessary facilities, how can we call this university education? There is no security issue as vaccination drives are going on."

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