NCRI – Hundreds of students of Sharif University of Technology, Amir Kabir University and Melli (Beheshti) University held gatherings and staged a sit-in in front of the chancellors’ offices and university entrance gates to protest about educational costs and the situation of dorms.
According to ILNA news agency, 600 students from Sharif University of Technology as well as a group of students from Amir Kabir University are in these gatherings, protesting about the removal of laws related to educational years.
In a gathering which kicked off from the student self-service and moved toward Educational Assistant Office Sharif University of Technology students were chanting slogans such as:
Freedom of thought is not happening under pressure
University education should be free of charge
Sharif University or Business Institution?
Also a group of Amir Kabir University students held a gathering on the university lawn. The students were protesting against a plan related to Educational Years which forces students to pay for their educational costs and tuition fees.
According to students, this is extortion money and has changed the university into a business institution. Students had placards in hand saying: “Student is not a means to earn money”
The protest gathering was held at the same day when newly admitted students along with their families were about to enter the university to celebrate the start of a new academic year.
Melli (Beheshti) University students have staged a sit-in from Saturday September 23 to protest about the designated place for one of the student dorms and the date at which the dorms are due to open.. The students say that the designated dorm is 2 hours away from the University and students from other cities who are admitted in this university for continuing their education are now in trouble.
Sharif University of Technology, Amir Kabir University and Melli (Beheshti) university are among the most reputable universities in Iran.
