All India Democratic Students Organisation

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All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO) is a student organisation in India. It was founded on 28 December 1954, and is affiliated with the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist). Its motto is struggle, unity, progress.

Basic outlook[edit]

The AIDSO aims to fight against injustice, oppression and exploitation and promote social transformation.

Aims and objectives[edit]

An AIDSO worker is addressing in a public gathering

The primary objective of the AIDSO is to organise student movements against the anti-education policies of the central and state governments as well as other authorities concerned, and for the "establishment of a scientific, secular, democratic education system".[citation needed]

Movements and protests[edit]

The AIDSO was formed on 28 December 1954. In the late 50s, a large student movement formed in West Bengal against a seat restriction scheme. The AIDSO played a crucial role In this movement.[citation needed] In 1974, AIDSO held the Cuttack Conference where the organisation emerged in a new form with an All India character, with representation from 8 states.

The AIDSO played a role[clarification needed] during the Emergency of 1975-76. Several members were involved in protesting against bus and tram fare increases in West Bengal in the 1980s. Manik Burman, a school student and AIDSO worker, and Rabi Ghosh, a leading AIDSO organiser, sustained severe bullet injuries[citation needed]. In Purulia Habul Rajak an AIDSO worker, and Sovaram Modak, died after being shot by police[citation needed]. AIDSO opposed NPE 86[clarification needed] and organised national protests.[citation needed]

In Kerala, the AIDSO was part of a protracted movement against the DPEP[clarification needed] or SSA[clarification needed].[citation needed]

Recently the AIDSO has organised a national movement against the government policies of commercialisation of education, bringing education under the purview of GATS, the introduction of sex education at school level and the policy of SEZ (Special Economic Zones).[citation needed]

AIDSO actively supported VTU students movement to abolish year back and critical year back system for students studying in old scheme and also providing supplementary for students of CBCS scheme. Statewide VTU colleges voluntary bundh received exceptionally well response from students and more than 160 engineering colleges were completely shut down. Students had a massive protest near Mysore bank circle, Bangalore.

Protests By AIDSO[edit]

AIDSO organised country level protest against Semester System & choice based credit system (CBCS).[1]


Leadership[edit]

President-Com. V. N. Rajashekhar

General Secretary-Com. Sourav Ghosh

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "AIDSO activists stage demonstration". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 22 January 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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