Education, Careers & Professional News
Students bodies hold protests
Source
THE HINDU
Date
2005-06-27
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The activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI), All India Youth Federation, and All India Students Federation (AISF) staged protests against the entrance examinations arranged by the managements of the self-financing colleges for selecting the students for the management quota in their colleges on Sunday.
The activists staged protests in front of two examination centres, at the IES College, Chittilappilli and at the Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy.
The entrance examinations were held at seven centres in the district.
The protesters, numbering 42, dispersed on their own after some time at Chittilappilli. In Cheruthuruthy, 13 activists blocked the entrance examination centre. They too dispersed after some time, according to the police.
The entrance examinations were conducted without any hindrance in all the centres in the district amidst strong police protection.
Activists of the SFI took out a march in the city in the evening to protest against the alleged police torture of the students who had tried to block the entrance examinations of the self-financing college managements in different parts of the State.
No disruption
Our reporter adds from Kozhikode:
Activists belonging to the AISF and SFI tried to disrupt the conduct of entrance test to self-financing engineering colleges in the district.
The examination was conducted at AWH Engineering College, Kuttikattoor and KMCT Engineering College at Kalanthode in the district.
However, students were able to take the examination without any disruption. Heavy police protection was provided for the conduct of the examination.
When the examination started in the morning, 15-odd AISF activists, shouting slogans, tried to enter the AWH Engineering College where the examination was going on. The police team present used force to prevent them from entering the examination hall.
AISF State unit Secretariat member Binu Isaac was injured in lathicharge.
Nine of the activists, including Mr. Isaac, party State vice-president P. Gavas and district secretary A.B. Binoy were arrested and taken to Maloorkunnu police camp. They were released later.
Seventeen SFI activists also tried to enter the examination venue at the AWH Engineering College. They were arrested and removed by the police. The arrested included SFI district secretary P. Nikil.
Thirteen SFI students, including party district president P.M. Viju, who tried to disrupt the entrance examination held at KMCT engineering college, were also arrested. They were released later.
Our Reporter adds from Malappuram: Six activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) were injured in police lathicharge when they tried to disrupt the entrance examination conducted by the Engineering Colleges Management Association at MEA Engineering College, Pattikkad, near here, on Sunday.
About two dozen SFI students tried to enter the college compound as part of a State-wide protest against the conduct of a separate entrance examination for admission to the management seats.
Our Staff Reporter writes from Kannur:
Activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) disrupted the common entrance test at the Sree Narayana College of Engineering Technology at Korome, near Payyannur, on Sunday.
The SFI activists, numbering around 30, entered the college campus as part of the State-wide protest against the entrance test conducted by the managements of the self-financing engineering colleges. The police deployed on the campus resorted to caning to disperse the protestors, led by SFI district secretary A.N. Shamseer. The police said the SFI activists smashed a glass pane of the college building.
The college authorities decided to postpone the examination following the protest and subsequent police action. The police also arrested 18 protestors, including Mr. Shamseer.
Protest against the entrance examination was also held at the Vimal Jyothi College of Engineering at Chemberi hereThe police arrested 10 SFI activists from the campus.