Students involved in ragging may have guilt mark on certs
Edu Min & Secy Discuss Idea At Guv-Led Meet
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:09.09.2018
In what could be one of the strongest responses from the state to the menace, an anti-ragging committee meeting convened by governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday discussed the possibility of recording the involvement of students — in all proved cases — on their degree or transfer certificates.
A source, who attended the meeting at Raj Bhavan in which higher education minister K P Anbalagan was present, said the suggestion was part of the measures discussed to eliminate ragging from college campuses across the state.
While educational institutions found violating the antiragging guidelines may also be handed out severe punishments, the exact modalities of implementing the decision — which could act as a potential warning to all future employers about the students’ past — would be worked out in the near future.
A TOI report on August 23, which exposed an incident at the School of Excellence in Law at Taramani where two second-year students were alleged to have ragged a junior, triggered action. After an inquiry, a syndicate committee of the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU) last week recommended that the two ‘seniors’ found guilty of the offence be suspended for a year. Director of the school S Narayana Perumal also resigned from his position and a report on the issue was submitted to Purohit.
At Saturday’s meeting, where chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, director general of police T K Rajendran, home secretary Niranjan Mardi, higher education secretary Mangat Ram Sharma and governor’s secretary R Rajagopalan were also present, the panel reviewed the anti-ragging measures in place in the state.
RAGGING MENACE
‘Colleges must send compliance reports to monitoring cell’
The committee also resolved to issue an advisory to all district administrations to ensure that the antiragging mechanism becomes more proactive.
There would be zero tolerance for ragging in Tamil Nadu, Sharma told TOI after the meeting. “All colleges, universities including deemed universities, medical colleges and technical institutions should send compliance reports about the constitution of committees and anti-ragging squads to the state-level monitoring cell,” he said.
It was also decided to strengthen the district-level committees by including a regional joint director from the higher education department. Every district cell, headed by the collector and with the superintendent of police as a member, would be directed to hold review meetings just before the start of an academic session.
The committee found that not all educational institutions had sent a report regarding antiragging measures to the state level or district level committees. The monitoring cell has also proposed to include more stakeholders from civil society in the anti-ragging committee.
Edu Min & Secy Discuss Idea At Guv-Led Meet
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:09.09.2018
In what could be one of the strongest responses from the state to the menace, an anti-ragging committee meeting convened by governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday discussed the possibility of recording the involvement of students — in all proved cases — on their degree or transfer certificates.
A source, who attended the meeting at Raj Bhavan in which higher education minister K P Anbalagan was present, said the suggestion was part of the measures discussed to eliminate ragging from college campuses across the state.
While educational institutions found violating the antiragging guidelines may also be handed out severe punishments, the exact modalities of implementing the decision — which could act as a potential warning to all future employers about the students’ past — would be worked out in the near future.
A TOI report on August 23, which exposed an incident at the School of Excellence in Law at Taramani where two second-year students were alleged to have ragged a junior, triggered action. After an inquiry, a syndicate committee of the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU) last week recommended that the two ‘seniors’ found guilty of the offence be suspended for a year. Director of the school S Narayana Perumal also resigned from his position and a report on the issue was submitted to Purohit.
At Saturday’s meeting, where chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, director general of police T K Rajendran, home secretary Niranjan Mardi, higher education secretary Mangat Ram Sharma and governor’s secretary R Rajagopalan were also present, the panel reviewed the anti-ragging measures in place in the state.
RAGGING MENACE
‘Colleges must send compliance reports to monitoring cell’
The committee also resolved to issue an advisory to all district administrations to ensure that the antiragging mechanism becomes more proactive.
There would be zero tolerance for ragging in Tamil Nadu, Sharma told TOI after the meeting. “All colleges, universities including deemed universities, medical colleges and technical institutions should send compliance reports about the constitution of committees and anti-ragging squads to the state-level monitoring cell,” he said.
It was also decided to strengthen the district-level committees by including a regional joint director from the higher education department. Every district cell, headed by the collector and with the superintendent of police as a member, would be directed to hold review meetings just before the start of an academic session.
The committee found that not all educational institutions had sent a report regarding antiragging measures to the state level or district level committees. The monitoring cell has also proposed to include more stakeholders from civil society in the anti-ragging committee.
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