Agitating students of the mining engineering department of Goa Engineering College (GEC) at Farmagudi-Ponda on Wednesday attended classes following an assurance from Director of Technical Education, Vivek Kamat.
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On Tuesday, the students had boycotted the classes demanding campus placement and to renew the contract of their faculties and to pay their pending salaries.
Sesa Goa Ltd had entered into a partnership with Goa Engineering College in 2012 till December 2016 to start the mining engineering department and the entire expenditure was met by the mining company. Now, GEC is bound to meet the expenditure.
When contacted, the students of the minng department informed that Director of Technical Education has given them oral assurance that he would sort out the issue within
seven days.
When contacted Vivek Kamat over the phone, he refused to talk.
