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Student leader seeks action against Calicut varsity V-C

A student leader in the University of Calicut has filed a complaint with R. Bindu, Higher Education Minister, seeking action against P. Raveendran, Vice-Chancellor, for encouraging “anti-government events” on the campus. In a letter to the Minister, M. Abhinand, general secretary of the Departmental Students’ Union, and a student of M.A., alleged that a seminar had been planned by the Calicut University Staff Organisation, affiliated to the Congress, and the Solidarity of University Employees, affiliated to the Indian Union Muslim League, on Monday on ‘Exam modernisation: prospects and challenges’. This comes against the backdrop of the university’s decision to entrust Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd., a Maharashtra-based firm, with the implementation of the Kerala Resources for Education Administration and Planning project under the Kerala State Higher Education Council. Mr. Abhinand alleged that the event was meant to ‘spread false propaganda’ against the State government’s efforts to modernise higher education.

The Hindu

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