Teachers and students call JNU fee hike rollback 'cosmetic'

Members of Jawaharlal Nehru University students' union and teachers' association on Wednesday termed the "partial rollback" of hostel fee hike "cosmetic".

The decision to rollback the fee hike was taken at the university's Executive Council meeting, which had to be shifted outside the campus at the last moment fearing agitation by students.

The students have been protesting against the fee hike, proposed in the draft hostel manual, for 16 days.

A JNU Teachers' Association (JNUTA) representative said, "We will issue a statement when we have clear information. If the reports are to be believed, there is a no rollback but only cosmetic changes have been made."