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Aid Withdrawal: TISS Students Refuse To End Protest, Strike Enters 6th Day

The ongoing students’ union protests against the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) administration라이브 바카라 move to withdraw financial aid provided to students from SC, ST and OBC communities has entered the sixth day바카라 웹사이트on Monday.바카라 웹사이트 바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
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The protesting students are refusing to call the strike off before the institute agrees to all their demands.바카라 웹사이트The Indian Express바카라 웹사이트that while the protest is anchored by students in the institute라이브 바카라 Mumbai campus, agitations continue on the other TISS campuses — in Tuljapur, Hyderabad and Guwahati.바카라 웹사이트
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On February 20, TISS students’ union president Archana Soreng had announced that the unions across campuses will go on a strike from February 21.
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“All talks and mediation with the administration over past many months have failed. We call for boycotting all classes, field work and submissions…The Centre라이브 바카라 Post Matric Scholarship (GOI-PMS) issue stands unresolved since the institute has notified its withdrawal from all forms of financial aid to students,” she had claimed.바카라 웹사이트
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“Now students, both current and newcomers, will have to pay their full fees even as they wait for their state scholarship amounts to come,” Soreng said.
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The union has demanded that the institute retract a notification, asking students of 2016-18 and 2017-19 batch eligible for the GoI-PMS to pay their tuition, hostel and dining hall fees. The union has also sought that the upcoming batch of 2018-20 be exempt from the new rule, where GoI-PMS eligible students pay their fee upfront. Apart from these, the union has sought symbolic representation of SC, ST and OBC students in the Social Protection Office of TISS.바카라 웹사이트
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The Indian Express바카라 웹사이트added that faculty members, alumni and student bodies of various institutes across the country have also extended their support to the protests.바카라 웹사이트
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“We want all four of our demands met, unconditionally and will not give in. Students are anguished and frustrated,” said Fahad Ahmad, general secretary, TISS Students’ Union.
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“This will be a failure of the department of social justice and empowerment if students are not able avail of the existing scholarship schemes or if funds are not released for the benefit of SC, ST and OBC students,” said Ahmad.
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바카라 웹사이트“If our talks with the institute administration fails, we will gherao the residence of Ramdas Athawale, minister of state for social justice and empowerment,” Ahmad added. The TISS administration, however, denied having stopped any scholarships and said that it continued to follow the central government guidelines on student welfare.
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The Times of India바카라 웹사이트that the protesting students also started a Twitter campaign from바카라 웹사이트3 pm바카라 웹사이트on Sunday바카라 웹사이트with the (hashtag) #injusTISS.바카라 웹사이트
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More than 200 first-year students the School of Social Work- 95% of the class strength also backed the protest바카라 웹사이트on Sunday. Students of first-year have decided to boycott all submissions, presentations and exams until the issue at hand is resolved. Students claimed that the administration had been moderating all mails sent through their union's mail and also allegedly refused breakfast supplies in the hostel, added the report.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
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(With PTI inputs)
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