Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 2: ABVP here today staged a protest demonstration against the authorities of Central University of Jammu (CUJ) after a notice mandating biometric attendance for research scholars was dispatched last week by the Registrar.
This came in a series of such protests in Government funded universities across the country where such decisions were taken.
Authorities maintained that compulsory and time-bound biometric attendance ensures quality research.
ABVP CUJ president and research scholar, Shubham Raina told reporters that scholars must be evaluated on the quality of research that they deliver and not on the amount of hours they punch-in everyday, which counter-intuitively punishes productive and efficient research work.
ABVP Shodh State convener and research scholar, Kuljeet Singh said that scholars are intellectuals entrusted by taxpayer of the nation to deliver quality research work and the compulsion of mandated and time-bound biometric attendance takes a toll on their mental health.
“Women scholars who are married find it impossible to maintain such timing because of the remote location of the University and dearth of transport facilities and are being de-motivated from pursuing higher education,” he maintained.
CUJ Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sanjeev Jain; Registrar, Prof. Yashwant Singh and Dean Research Studies, Prof. Deepak Pathania assured protesting Ph.D candidates that compulsory biometric attendance will be removed with immediate effect.
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