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Jamia to start classes in phases

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Varsity to give priority to admission process

NEW DELHI: The Jamia Millia Islamia administration has decided to start classes in a phased manner and accord priority to the admission process. While the boys' hostel was vacated on Friday, a group of students continued their relay hunger strike.

At a meeting attended by the Deans of Faculties, Directors of Centres and Heads of the Department of Studies on Friday, the University administration passed a resolution to prepare a revised admission schedule by July 24. It was decided that all teaching staff would report for duty in their respective departments and all offices would remain open.

In a press statement, the administration said the inquiry instituted under retired Justice S.K. Aggarwal would probe the circumstances and factors which led to violence on the campus this Tuesday, who were culpable in instigating violence, was the violence caused by any action on the part of the proctorial staff, the extent of loss caused to the University in financial terms, apart from giving recommendations and suggestions.

The acting Dean Students' Welfare offered his services as a communicator to resolve the impasse between the students and the administration. He appealed to the students to approach him to submit their grievances.

The administration said the boys' hotel had been vacated and sealed. For their part, the students said there was merely 10 per cent occupancy in the hostel as most students had not returned after the vacations.

In the evening, a delegation led by outgoing students' union president Shams Parvez met Union Minister of Minority Affairs A.R. Antulay. Coming out from the meeting, Shams Parvez said Mr. Antulay promised to help them in whatever way he could. "He said he would talk to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh about our problems," said Shams Parvez, adding that the students took out a protest march in the University area late in the evening.

Earlier in the day, Jamia Teachers' Forum condemned the violence on the campus on Tuesday. The professors demanded strict action against all those involved in the incident. "While we welcome the inquiry instituted to investigate the incident, but it should be impartial and done in a time-bound manner. We have urged the administration to withdraw its decision to shut down the University indefinitely and restore normality," said Prof. R. Gopinath, the Forum spokesperson.

The professors have also demanded that the order asking students to vacate their hostel accommodations should be revoked.

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