New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) members assembled outside the vice-chancellor’s office and demanded that the students of the social sciences should also be allowed to return to the campus.
The university administration maintained that since there have been as many as 39 COVID-19 cases on the campus, students will be allowed to return in a phased manner.
“We demand that the social sciences’ students be also allowed back on the campus so that they can continue with their research work and submit their thesis on time,” JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
“It is disturbing that despite the best efforts some COVID-19 cases have also been reported from the university. Keeping the health security of students, faculty, officers, non-teaching staff and other campus residents in mind, the administration has adopted a policy of re-opening the campus in a phased manner,” JNUSU said via a statement.
“Decisions are taken as per the periodic government guidelines and recommendations of a task force,” the statement added.
The JNU campus was shut in March due to the outbreak of the pandemic. The phased reopening of the campus commenced on November 2.