DU journalism students protest against lack of basic infrastructure

The Delhi University journalism students have been protesting against the lack of infrastructure at the Delhi School of Journalism College. The first and second-year students on Monday climbed the gates of the university stadium and demanded a meeting with Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi. When it was observed that the things are going out of hand then Delhi Police was called in and students alleged that they were manhandled. They also said they would intensify the protest. DCP (north) Nupur Prasad stated, “No one was detained. Police are usually stationed at different places in North Campus and also around DSJ.”

Agitation was seen among the students. Atish Alok, who joined the school this year told Indian Express, “We have still not been given laptops… how do we complete our assignments? There is no computer lab either. We are paying a lot in fees and getting nothing in return.” As per the reports, in August, classes were suspended over the same issue. At the end of the month, students had staged a protest, staying on campus the entire night. DU had sought time till September 14 to resolve the problems.

The students have also claimed that the situation is the same even now. There is no media labs, no proper desks, and chairs for first-year students, canteens converted into classrooms, no laptops and no proper library facility. OSD of the school, Manasvini M Yogi, stated, “We have asked students to use the media lab at the School of Open Learning. We are in the process of giving them laptops. As it is a university system, it takes time… but they are not ready to listen. We also organised a meeting with the proctor on September 14.”