JNU orders partial rollback of hostel fees

November 13, 2019 16:58

JNU orders a partial rollback of hostel fees hike at a decision taken in the varsity's Executive Council meeting. The JNU also proposes a scheme for economic assistance to EWS students, say HRD officials.

This comes after JNU students intensified their protest today for rollback of the hostel fee hike. Consequently, the university administration had to shift a meeting of the Executive Council outside the campus fearing disruption due to the agitation.

The Executive Council is the highest decision-making body of the Jawaharlal Nehru University. The students from Left-backed political outfits have been protesting against the hike in hostel fees for almost a fortnight, and the representatives from RSS student wing ABVP have also planned a march to the UGC office over similar demands.

The students' union claims the draft hostel manual, approved by the Inter-Hall administration, has provisions for hostel fee hike, dress code and curfew timings. The students had gathered outside the convention centre on the campus but, to press their demands effectively, shifted their protest to the administration block, which houses the vice chancellor's office and the office of other senior administration officials, on Wednesday.

The students have been demanding the withdrawal of the draft hostel manual, in which service charges of Rs 1,700 were introduced and the one-time mess security fee, which is refundable, has been hiked from Rs 5,500 to Rs 12,000. The rent for a single-seater room has been increased from Rs 20 per month to Rs 600 per month, while the rent for a double-seater room has been increased from Rs 10 to Rs 300 per month.

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