Students demand better facilities in govt run film school

Updated on: Monday, August 22, 2011

Students of the lone government run Regional Film and Television Institute here are on a strike demanding permanent campus, modern equipment for their academic courses and a permanent director.

RFTI Students Union president Bipul Deka and general secretary Rukmojit Barua said despite repeated requests, the government had 'failed' to fulfil their demands.

The institute, now functioning from the Jyoti Chitraban studio grounds here, did not have permanent campus, nor a director nor faculty leading to deterioration of its academic atmosphere, Deka said.

Boycotting classes since Aug 12, the students had locked up faculty rooms and when the locks were broken open today by the the Institute authorities, students held a sit-in demonstration with black cloths tied around their mouth.

Despite following the syllabus of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, he said the Institute did not have modern equipment such as film and video cameras, audio or editing machines, etc.

A 16-mm camera was hired from Jyoti Chitraban Studio and the students were deprived learning the use of 35-mm and
other digital cameras used today in the industry, Baruah said.

They also claimed that the faculty were not adequately trained to impart knowledge on modern techniques in editing, audiography and sound engineering as well as applied acting.

The student leaders alleged that experts from outside the state were not invited to the Institute.

Funded by the union DONER ministry, the RFTI is administered by the Assam Government and is open for students from all the seven N-E states and Sikkim for it three-year diploma courses.

Students demand better facilities in govt run film school

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