The
Gorkha Janmukti Vidyarthi Morcha has come up with a demand stating
students of the Darjeeling hills should get to read and garner knowledge
about the history of their area. This comes after the University Grants
Commission recently announced that colleges and universities of the
northeast should accord special status to the history of that region and
teach it at the educational institutions.
Addressing a press conference here in
the afternoon, GJVM vice-president Deep Thapa said colleges in the
Darjeeling hills should also emulate the UGC’s decision and include the
history of the region in their syllabus.
He said, “Darjeeling, Sikkim and the
Dooars are not included in the Northeast Council, but students of these
regions should be imparted knowledge of the history of their land.”
Thapa added the GJVM has already written
to the UGC and the vice-chancellor of North Bengal University on the
matter to impress upon them the seriousness in which the demand is being
envisaged.(EOIC)