An all-India Students’ strike would be held on September 2 protesting against privatisation of the education system, for implementation of the Rohith Act to eradicate casteism and rollback of CBCS, semistarisation and RUSA, etc.
The students’ bodies of left parties on Thursday also demanded allocation of six per cent of the GDP for education. Their demands also included allocation of 10 per cent of the Union Budget and 30 per cent of the State Budget to the Education Department.
The students’ bodies demanded scraping of recommendations of the lyngdoh Committee. For the protection of the rights of students, a Student Election Bill should be brought about, they said.
The SFI, the AISB, the AIDSO and the OISA requested the student community to make the strike successful in the State at a Press meet held here on Thursday.
AISB State convener Soumya Ranjan Rout, AISA State convenor Atashi Mallick, Sibashis Praharaj and Bikash Nath were present.