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Anti-CAB protests: Jamia announces vacation till January 5, cancels exam

New dates to be announced in due course of time

Jamia Millia Islamia University students raise slogans in protest against the Citizenship Act, in New Delhi, on Friday. Picture by Furquan Ameen

PTI
Published 14.12.19, 09:57 AM

The Jamia Millia Islamia on Saturday declared vacation till January 5 and cancelled all exams in view of the tense situation in the university due to students' protest against the amended citizenship act.

”All exams postponed. New dates to be announced in due course of time. Vacation declared from December 16 to January 5. University will reopen on January 6, 2020,” a senior university official said.

The university turned into a virtual battlefield on Friday when students and policemen clashed with each other as students tried to march to Parliament in protest against the legislation.

Protest Examination Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 Jamia Millia Islamia
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