Amit Kumar was 23 when he cleared the B.Ed exam, with flying colours. While stepping out of its sprawling campus as a beaming young man in 2003, Kumar had thought that his association with the Agra university’s RBS College was over. It was not
Now, at 40, a graying Kumar still visits the campus, quite often, to get his degree. In the last seventeen years, he got married & fathered three children. But he did not lose the hope & was “adamant on getting the degree without greasing the palm” of varsity officials.
As part of his efforts, Amit Kumar, a resident of Haiderpur area of Delhi, has now written a letter to PM Narendra Modi. He has dared the PM to get his Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree from the varsity “without paying any bribe”.
With patience running thin, he has also threatened to kill himself if he doesn’t get the degree. Kumar also claimed that he has sent a complaint letter to Uttar Pradesh’s governor Anandiben Patel -- the chancellor of the university-- & also to chief minister Yogi Adityanath. “I am yet to get a response,” he said.
“It has been 17 years now. After exhausting all the options, I have written a letter to the Prime Minister in the hope of justice. I cannot afford to pay Rs 20,000 bride which the employees at the varsity had been demanding to issue my degree certificate,” Kumar said.
“Somehow I am bearing the expenses of the family by giving tuitions. I couldn’t land any job in the absence of the degree.”
When contacted, vice-chancellor Ashok Mittal said, “I know about the case of Amit Kumar. We are now upgrading the system to issue degrees on time. Kumar will also get his degree soon.”
Over 50,000 students of the previous session are yet to get their degrees, says sources.
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