Guwahati, January 18 (MExN): Government of India Post Metric Scholarship (GOI-PMS) Student’s Association at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) at Guwahati campus has resumed protest on January 17 after 10 months of the administration’s failure in fulfilling their demands.
“The protest that lasted for 3 months last year by students from the institute to combat it’s plan to remove the fee waiver for the Government of India Scholarship students have reignited due to failure by the admin in reaching the demands of the students,” stated a press release here.
Last year, the students suspended their hunger strike after a notification from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) asking them to discontinue their agitation such that a committee can be formed consisting a member of the Union Grant Commission (UGC) faculties from TISS and the students from different campuses.
The committee which included the administration brought about a report with assurances of mechanisms to support these students from marginalised background.
The members of GOI-PMS Students’ Association have mailed the Director in Mumbai asking for the progress of the follow up and a proper dialogue on the matter.
“There has been no reply on the matter except a mail asking the students to apply for an inequitable student-aid programme,” the release said.
The association has stated that the protest is indefinite and will be intensified with time adding that it will not be called off until the administration provides all students from the GoI PMS category with the full fee waiver.
