Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel said that she expected vice-chancellors of all state universities to donate a day’s salary of teachers and staff to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to help the people affected by lockdown.
Talking to vice-chancellors of state universities through video conferencing from Raj Bhawan, Patel said that she expected them to extend help voluntarily.
Apart from this, hostels or guest houses lying vacant be provided to district administration to be turned into quarantine centres if need be, she added.
She also said that students living in hostels at present should not be asked to vacate their rooms and the university administration should ensure food to them.
The UP Governor also directed the vice-chancellors that no deduction be made from the wages of daily waged or contractual workers employed by state universities.
She directed the vice-chancellors of Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences and King George’s Medical University that doctors, para-medical staff and other workers engaged in the treatment of coronavirus patients be provided sanitisers, masks and liquid soaps in adequate quantity.
Patel also directed the vice-chancellors to prepare a list of people arriving from outside, through NSS and NCC students, which could be provided to the district administration so that those individuals could be quarantined.
During the video conferencing, Patel also inaugurated the new website of Lucknow University.
Meanwhile, the vice-chancellors informed the Governor that students were being provided education through YouTube, e-content and online classes. They said lectures and e-content were also being uploaded on the website so that students could continue their study from home.