Jamia Millia Islamia Central University tops in the ranking of the Ministry of HRD among Central Universities in the country. Jamia was the epicentre of anti-CAA movements from December 2019.
Jamia overtakes Jawaharlal Nehru University, Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University in ranking with 90% score.
Rajiv Gandhi University of Arunachal Pradesh scored 83% while JNU scored 82% and AMU 78%. The rank or score was based on parameters like number of students admitted annually in UG, PG, PhD and MPhil as well the range of diversity among students, measured in terms of percentage of female students as well as the percentage of students from other states and countries.
Additionally, aspects like faculty quality, student-teacher ratio, teacher vacancy and other factors were also included in the list of parameters used to determine the score. Students placed through campus interviews and those qualifying for NET & GATE, among other entrance tests.
On 15 December 2019, police had entered the campus to round up “miscreants” who it said had turned the ongoing CCA protest violent. But video footages from the evening show that police had assaulted students, broken into the campus library, vandalised college furnitures and destroyed the CCTV cameras.
The incident had created a massive uproar across the country and even abroad, making Jamia the epicentre of student-led protests against CAA for months.
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