PRAGOTI

"A conflict between students and the government over a tuition increase has exploded into social revolt. Montreal, Quebec’s metropolis, is covered in red squares, the symbol of the striking students, which can be seen pinned lapels, draped over balconies, or glued to windows and public signs. The students have helped break the perception that there is no alternative to neoliberalism and broke the establishment’s stranglehold on public discourse" says Lazar Konforti.

The SFI organized a two day long All India Convention on Education in JNU. In the convention, the All India leadership of SFI presented various approach papers on various aspects of education. Also, many distinguished intellectuals presented papers enumerating the anti-student policies of the government, suggesting ways for a democratization of the education sector in India. Based on these papers and discussions amongst the delegates in the Convention, a Charter of Demand was adopted, concretizing the demands for the forthcoming struggles.