College students stage protest
COIMBATORE, FEBRUARY 05, 2019 00:00 IST
Students of Rathinam Technical Campus (Institute of Technology) staged a protest against the institution alleging harassment of students from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities.
A few of the 100-odd students, who protested first inside the campus and later on the road, said that that the college management had asked a few of the SC and ST students having arrears of over 10 papers to vacate the hostel.
The students said the management had prepared a list of 45 students with arrears of over 15 papers and asked them to report with their parents on Friday. When the parents were present, a senior faculty asked a few of those students to look at exploring the possibility of joining a government-run college and hostel.
Now the management was in the process of preparing a list of students with arrears of over 10 papers and had planned to ask them to leave the hostel and also college, the students alleged.
The students said they were also protesting against the college principal entering the women's hostel a month ago.
The students claimed that in their talks with the police and management, the latter had agreed to their demand for replacing the principal within 10 days.
Chief Executive Officer of Rathinam Group of Institutions R. Manickam said the SC and ST students who were on government scholarship for education and the institution’s support for hostel and food misused the facilities by staying in the hostel but working outside.
The college had identified only such students and decided to pull them up and that too only in their academic interest because they had more than 50% arrears.
The college had 545 students from the two communities but only around 10% of those students had the problem of poor attendance and academic track record. It was these students that the college wanted to engage. Mr. Manickam also denied allegations that the principal had entered the women’s hostel at night. He said the principal was a part of the team of academic and administrative officers who entered the hostel to undertake infrastructure development works.
As for the students' demand for removing the principal, he clarified that the college had only promised to explore the possibility.
COIMBATORE, FEBRUARY 05, 2019 00:00 IST
Students of Rathinam Technical Campus (Institute of Technology) staged a protest against the institution alleging harassment of students from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities.
A few of the 100-odd students, who protested first inside the campus and later on the road, said that that the college management had asked a few of the SC and ST students having arrears of over 10 papers to vacate the hostel.
The students said the management had prepared a list of 45 students with arrears of over 15 papers and asked them to report with their parents on Friday. When the parents were present, a senior faculty asked a few of those students to look at exploring the possibility of joining a government-run college and hostel.
Now the management was in the process of preparing a list of students with arrears of over 10 papers and had planned to ask them to leave the hostel and also college, the students alleged.
The students said they were also protesting against the college principal entering the women's hostel a month ago.
The students claimed that in their talks with the police and management, the latter had agreed to their demand for replacing the principal within 10 days.
Chief Executive Officer of Rathinam Group of Institutions R. Manickam said the SC and ST students who were on government scholarship for education and the institution’s support for hostel and food misused the facilities by staying in the hostel but working outside.
The college had identified only such students and decided to pull them up and that too only in their academic interest because they had more than 50% arrears.
The college had 545 students from the two communities but only around 10% of those students had the problem of poor attendance and academic track record. It was these students that the college wanted to engage. Mr. Manickam also denied allegations that the principal had entered the women’s hostel at night. He said the principal was a part of the team of academic and administrative officers who entered the hostel to undertake infrastructure development works.
As for the students' demand for removing the principal, he clarified that the college had only promised to explore the possibility.
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