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Hyderabad students end hunger strike after council promise on demands
Students at the University of Hyderabad ended a five-day hunger strike on Friday after the university teachers' association agreed to raise their demands at the September meeting of the Academic Council. The…
Students at the University of Hyderabad ended a five-day hunger strike on Friday after the university teachers' association agreed to raise their demands at the September meeting of the Academic Council. The council will discuss menstrual leave for students, a 15 percent attendance relaxation for differently-abled and chronically ill students, and discipline-specific remedial classes from the second week of September.
The hunger strike by three students of the All India Students Association began on August 20. The protesters also demanded removal of the 75 percent attendance requirement for beneficiaries of the Rs 3,000 monthly student assistance fellowship, and an end to the cap of 1,200 recipients. AISA vice president Siddhant said menstrual leave for students will likely be granted after the Vice Chancellor gave an assurance. He warned the hunger strike would resume if demands remain unmet.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Academic Council is the highest decision-making body on academic matters at the University of Hyderabad. The September meeting follows a familiar pattern at central universities: student protests over welfare measures often stretch into weeks before administrative intervention. Menstrual leave policies have been adopted at some Indian universities, including Ambedkar University Delhi and colleges under Kerala's higher education department, but UoH would be the first central university to implement it if approved. The Rs 3,000 UoHSA fellowship, capped at 1,200 students, affects roughly a quarter of the university's 5,000-strong student body. Another round of protests would likely resume if the council meeting fails to deliver on the promises made by the Vice Chancellor.
Source: siasat.com
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