MU to resume classes; to comply with August 8 Academic Council meeting resolution

IT News
A day after Professor Amar Yumnam has taken charge of Vice Chancellor of the Manipur University; the University authority has finally announced its decision to comply with the resolution of the August 8 Academic council meeting.
The August 8, 2016 meeting of the Manipur University Academic Council has resolved to follow the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006. As per the Act reservation to the University in admission is 7.5% for the Schedule Tribes (ST), 15% for the Schedule Cast (SC) and 27% for the OBC. This resolution was strongly opposed by the Manipur University Tribal Students’ Union and democratic Students Alliance of Manipur. Both the students’ body are demanding implementation of the amended reservation ACT i.e., the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Amendment Act, 2012.
Following the differences the ST students has threatened complete shut down in Hill area of the state and many ST students had leaved MU Hostel to show their protest against the Academic council meeting resolution of August 8.
On the other hand another group of students under the aegis of a JAC demanding implementation of the Academic Council’s August 8 resolution has also been staging various form of protest inside and outside the University.
Meanwhile, a meeting of all heads of department of the Manipur university today minutely discussed about the prevailing issues in the Manipur university. The meeting after deliberation finally come to the conclusion that the present impasse in the MU should be settle immediately as it would affect the career of the students and the meeting further accepted to respect the resolution adopted by the Academic Council on August 8 meeting.
Source said that Admission process in the University will start from Monday, the 24th October and will be completed on Saturday so that classes can start from the following Monday, the 31st October, 2016.