Jamia 'agrees' to appoint Turkish-teachers, students claim 'verbal assurance' only
The Jamia Millia Islamia University administration has accepted the students' demand to appoint Turkish teachers, even as the students claimed they got only a "verbal assurance" from the varsity, officials said yesterday. A spokesperson from the administration said they have accepted the demands of the students. The students have been sitting in protest against the absence of Turkish language teachers. Here's more.
Students demand written assurance from the varsity administration
On Friday, the students had a meeting with the administration where they said the administration agreed with them on most of the issues. "Whatever administration is promising us is verbal. We don't trust the administration promises as we learned a lesson with last interactions with the administration," said a statement from the protesting students. They demanded that the administration give them things in writing.
What are the demands of the students?
The students had demanded that the program be shifted to the MMAJ Academy of International Studies. "We wanted Dr. Mohsin Ali to teach in Turkish language program as a teacher with no replacement. We also wanted a permanent recruitment of an Indian teacher so that we do not face delay in re-evaluation and rechecking," the statement issued by protesting students said.
Two new teachers will be joining from Monday: Varsity administration
The teachers recruited should be at least BA (Hons)/MA Turkish/PhD in Turkish and should not only have advanced diploma degrees, students said. A spokesperson from the administration said they have accepted the demands of students and two teachers will be joining from Monday. Meanwhile, the students alleged the administration was spreading rumors of only third-year students participating in the protest.
