Students' union calls shutdown of Imphal College
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, September 18 2021:
Condemning the authorities concerned for allegedly turning a blind eye to repeated demands of the students for reviewing the hike in fee for admission in colleges under Manipur University, Imphal College Students' Union has declared total shut down of the college and cessation of the admission process being conducted through online.
In a release, the union said that college students' unions of the state have been demanding college authorities to lower the admission fee and halt the admission process since September 17.Pointing out that a sum of Rs 1341 for Science streams and Rs 1171 for Arts stream have been asked to be deposited in the government account for admission, the union said that authorities concerned particularly education department has been undermining demands of the students' union to review the admission fee.
Such negligence is only inviting students to take up intense forms of agitations, it added.
"The union will also boycott CAF and PD recruitment exam which is scheduled for conduct on September 19 at Imphal College as exam centre," the release stated, while cautioning that all the consequences should be borne by the departments concerned if they try to conduct the recruitment forcefully amidst the college total shut down.