The teaching and non-teaching staff at colleges and universities across Haryana would hold a two-hour-long sit-in agitation on May 11 and wear black badges all through the week to protest against the government’s recent decision to do away with grants-in-aid to State universities and give loans instead.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the officer-bearers of the Haryana Federation of Universities and Colleges Teachers Organisations (HFUCTO) at Rohtak on Sunday.
After the sit-in agitation, the protesters would also submit a memorandum for the Chief Minister, the Education Minister and the University Grants Commission Chairperson seeking the withdrawal of the decision within a week. The HFUCTO office-bearers would meet again on May 15 to decide on the future course of action if their demand was not met, said a press statement. The representatives of various universities called on Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and submitted a memorandum in support of their demand for the withdrawal of the government’s decision.
