JMI MA in mass media students writes to VC to resume offline classes

Students of MA in Mass Media (Hindi Journalism) wrote an email to the VC and stated that most students come from lower-middle-class families and are feeling "cheated" by the kind of education they are receiving.

Several postgraduate mass media students of the Jamia Millia Islamia have reached out to its Vice-Chancellor Najma Akhtar demanding that the offline classes should be resumed for their courses too. The students claimed that the online mode of education is not sufficient and threatened to boycott the classes. 

On March 28, students of MA in Mass Media (Hindi Journalism) wrote an email to the VC and stated that most students come from lower-middle-class families and are feeling "cheated" by the kind of education they are receiving.

"We are feeling cheated by the kind of education we are receiving through the online mode since it's incomplete. Such is the situation that many students are thinking of withdrawing their admission. We are paying Rs 33,700 a semester," it was stated in the mail written in Hindi, as reported by NDTV.

Students have also threatened to boycott online classes if the University does not announce the resumption of offline academic activities. Students also stated that other Universities have fully resumed offline classes and cited an online opinion survey done by them in which 36 out of 39 students voted in favour of offline classes.

"We have collectively decided that we will completely boycott online classes and will not pay the fees till the university issues a circular announcing resumption of offline classes so that maximum students can be benefitted," the mail read.

Dr Chandra Dev Yadav, head of the department of Hindi at the university, said that it's a matter of policy and the decision is not in their hands. "On March 2, classes of final year masters students resumed and then classes for final year undergraduate students resumed in the physical mode. Subsequently, the central library was opened. The university is opening in a phased manner. I have written to the vice-chancellor for resumption of classes for them," he said. Dr Yadav also said that they met the students online on Friday and tried to explain these things but they were not ready to listen.

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