About A.C College SFI Unit Committee in Subodh Sen Bhaban, D.B.C Rorad, Jalpaiguri

The student community of India is the torch-bearer of a long heritage of struggle - struggle within the campus for our academic demands, struggle on the streets hand in hand with the common people of our country for freedom against the exploitative British rule, and later a struggle for equality, democracy and progress in Independent India. We have learnt the hard way that whenever students put aside the baton of student politics handed down to them by their seniors, their access to quality education and their democratic rights are curtailed. The huge organization of students that exists today in the form of the Students Federation of India (SFI) is the fruit of over a hundred years of dedication, sacrifice, and experience of thousands of students all over the country. As students we need to know this history, we need to know the role that our community has played in the building of this nation and its education system, we need to know how every single right we enjoy has been hard won by struggle, to realize that the forces that are trying to disband us and discourage us from joining the students' movement have long been at work in this country and how they stand to gain if we weaken our positions. As lack of adequate government investment and privatization continues to reduce access and increase inequalities in the education system, the need for resistance from the student community heightens. In this critical hour we feel it necessary to take a glance back at the past and understand more fully the historical role assigned to us. In the short history that follows we have tried to cover some major points only.

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