Unrest among the student community has been brewing in parts of Andhra Pradesh
YSRCP and AISF activists stage a dharna at the Narayana junior college in Nellore on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Minister P. Narayana for his role in the suicide of two students at the college's Kadapa branch. (Photo: DC)
Hyderabad/Tirupati/Anantapur: Unrest among the student community has been brewing in parts of Andhra Pradesh thanks to apathy of university authorities and the state government, which have failed to curb the ragging menace and suicides in corporate colleges.
Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur, Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati and SKU in Anantapur have witnessed a series of protests over incidents of ragging, suicides and lack of basic facilities. No job recruitment and lack of implementation of the fee reimbursement scheme have also added fuel to the fire. After the suicide of Rishiteswari in ANU due to ragging, similar incidents have been reported across the state. Suicide of two students in Narayana Junior College in Kadapa earlier this week also rocked the state.
SV University students also protested in large numbers recently as drinking water was allegedly not being provided. President of Association for Jobless in Andhra, Mr L. Govinda Rao, said around 1.42 lakh posts were lying vacant in various categories and in various government wings. He said there was growing unrest among the youth as no recruitments were being notified.
Meanwhile seven students were suspended recently in SV University in Tirupati for ragging juniors studying MCA in the campus . Hariprasad Reddy, a student leader of SV University said, “In many cases, juniors who came forward to complain about seniors ragging them were abused by the university officials instead of taking action.”
“University officials are making a mistake by sparing students who commit ragging instead of giving severe punishment,” said Ms Rekha of Ananthapur and Ms Divyasudha of Vizag who are studying M.Sc. in SVU. SV University registrar Mr Devarajulanaidu and other officials said that to prevent ragging, the university authorities were putting up posters on hostel walls, creating awareness through banners in the campus etc.
“In most cases students commit suicide due to unbearable pressures to perform beyond their capabilities by parents. The division of grading among the students causes inferiority complex and is leading to suicidal tendencies,” said Dr Endluri Prabhakar, senior psychiatrist of Anantapur medical college. Every college must have counseling centres with experts and each student must get counseling twice a month,” Dr Prabhakar suggested.
Nellore shutsdown against girls’ suicide:
Most educational institutions were closed in AP following a bandh call given by the YSRC, ABVP, AISF and other organisations following the suicide of two Intermediate I students at the Narayana Junior College hostel at Krishnapuram in Kadapa on Monday.
They were demanding action against the management of the Narayana College. Police detained YSRC and AISF activists when they resorted to a dharna before the Narayana Junior College at Haranadhapuram in Nellore.
In Visakhapatnam, activists destroyed a portrait of minister P. Narayana, founder of chain of colleges. ABVP and YSRC leaders demanded his arrest and a judicial probe into the suicides.
TD MLC Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy alleged that the frequent bandh calls given by YSRC chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy “ on August 7, 11, 19 and 29 “ was disrupting academic activity.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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