The Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS), a student organisation, staged a protest on Thursday outside the Ministry of Education against alleged irregularities in Delhi University’s School of Open Learning (SOL), non-commencement of offline classes, and not providing study materials. The protesters were briefly detained by the Delhi Police. Meanwhile, Officiating Principal of SOL, Uma Shankar Pandey, termed the protest as a “publicity stunt by a few people”.

The KYS said that a hundred students took part in the protests outside the ministry. Several of the KYS activists were detained at Mandir Marg Police Station but later released. “Thirty-three people, including men and women, were detained but later released,” said a senior police officer.

The KYS said a delegation met a senior official of the Ministry of Education and apprised him of the issues and “rampant corruption in SOL”. The delegation also submitted a list of demands which included a high-level inquiry into the “various irregularities and corruption” in SOL, the KYS informed.