Assault on Academic Autonomy: JNU to Review Special Centres, Teachers Up in Arms
Vidheesha Kuntamalla | 19 September 2024 | The Indian Express
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) has condemned the varsity’s decision to form a seven-member committee to review the functioning of its special centres and called it an “assault on academic autonomy”. A JNU official, however, said there would be no inference in the syllabi or courses and it was only to understand if the specialised centres have been sanctioned as per the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines or not.
“The committee has been given the broad mandate of reviewing courses, syllabi, faculty strength, infrastructure etc. and directed to submit a status report in a month. The notification hasn’t provided any reason for the sudden need for this ‘review’,” JNUTA said in a statement Wednesday…