AIFUCTO's Nationwide dharna on Sep 20
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 15 2024:
As announced earlier by the All India Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisation (AIFUCTO), a Nationwide demonstration/dharna will be staged by teachers of universities and colleges across the country on September 20, protesting against the anti-education attitude of the Central Government and UGC.
The dharna will be unit level protest which will be staged at every college/university unit of all State across the country since the letter campaign which was launched from August 31 ended on September 15, said a press release issued by AIFUCTO.
AIFUCTO also called a Nationwide protest on the Teachers' Day (September 5) by wearing black badges while discharging their normal duties against the current educational scenario.
Under the letter campaign, several letters from units of AIFUCTO across the country were sent to the Union Education Minister and the Chairman, UGC urging them to talk with AIFUCTO for addressing its demands.
AIFUCTO has also been seeking an appointment with the Union Minister of Education and the UGC Chairman for a very long time but in vain.
AIFUCTO's demands include repealing NEP 2020, raising budget allocation for education to 10 per cent and abolition of NEET, CUET and other centralised tests that undemocratically minimize the roles of States and also undermine the federal structure of the Constitution, it said.