new delhi jawarharlal nehru university will be introducing gender studies as a compulsory credit course across all programmes if the recommendations of a 10member committee formed to probe what led to the july 31 murder of a female student inside the classroom by her classmate are to be implemented the committee is likely to submit its report on monday it is also likely to propose a separate centre for students counselling and decentralization of the counselling system on the campus until recently jnu was known as one of the safest campuses in the city where even during student union elections there would be no police deployment and female students were seen moving about without fear of assault but the july murder has alerted the jnu community to the need for greater gender sensitivity as well as security the 10member committee instituted by the vicechancellor consulted a large number of students faculty members and nonteaching staff during a series of public discussions in hostels and other campus pockets the event has made everyone sit up and take note so many apparentlyinsignificant incidents were earlier ignored as aberrations these are now being taken seriously the committee is likely to finalize its report by this week and submit it to the administration on monday alongwith a series of recommendations said a member of the committee members also feel that a 24x7 inhouse counseling facility is an urgent requirement besides continuous gender sensitization initiatives on the campus although the committee felt it is not possible to place every activity under surveillance and put up metal detectors and cctvs at all points security arrangements should be reviewed and stepped up a member said