A group of students of the College of Agriculture at Ambalavayal under the aegis of the Students’ Federation of India began an indefinite strike on Monday raising grievances including the alleged apathy of the Kerala Agricultural University to acquire the accreditation for the college from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
The college was set up in 2018 and as many as 66 seats were sanctioned for conducting a four-year BSc Agriculture science course every year, R. Aswin Krishna, unit president of the organisation, said.
However the university authorities were yet to make any serious efforts to get the accreditation, said Mr. Krishna, who is also a second-year BSc Agriculture science student at the college. This accreditation is very crucial for students to secure admission to educational institutes for higher studies after completing their graduation.
