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University employees hold rally, seek funds for education
Wednesday December 01, 2010 08:03:10 PM ,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Thousands of employees from about 200 universities across the
country Wednesday gathered at the Ramlila Ground in Delhi and
marched to parliament to press the government for hike in
education funds.
"The employees staged a mass-meeting at Jantar Mantar to press for
their eight-point charter of demands," Bhabani Hota, former MP and
president of the All India University Employees' Confederation (AIUEC),
which organised the rally, told IANS.
The demands include allocation of six percent of the gross
domestic product (GDP) to education and saving of university
education from the onslaught of private and foreign direct
investment, among others, he said.
Those who addressed the gathering were the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) leader Basudeb Acharia, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)
leader Ram Vilas Paswan, and Congress leader Jagdambika Pal.
"The AIUEC has been pressing for allocation of six percent of the
gross domestic product (GDP) for education. Former prime minister
Rajiv Gandhi committed to allocate six percent but nothing of the
sort was done," he said.
"Again the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government committed
to do so in 2004 in its Common Minimum Programme. However, the
fund allocation is still only 2.6 percent," he said.
Hota said the employees were also opposed to private and foreign
direct investment in university education.
"If private sector is given a free hand, large sections of the
people in this country would be deprived of access to higher
education which will not do any good to the country in the long
run," he said.
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