Students at NIT Silchar clash with police after suicide on campus
Guwahati: On Friday night, students at the National Institute of Technology at Silchar in Cachar district of Assam, clashed with the police during a massive student protest against NIT authorities. This protest took place after one of their students allegedly hung himself at the college hostel after he failed exams and couldn't clear his back papers, reports NDTV.
According to sources, the fellow student was from Arunachal Pradesh, was in the third semester of the electric engineering course, had requested the college authorities to allow him to register for the next semester, but it was reportedly turned down.
The students were upset over the new guidelines introduced by the college administration. Speaking to NDTV, one of the protesting students said they waited whole night for NIT Silchar Director to meet them, but he declined all their requests. The college has been introducing new guidelines for students everyday. The student added, “The students are not happy with the behaviour of the administration of NIT Silchar. Today, one of the students died by suicide due to depression.”
According to the students, they were protesting peacefully, and wanted to meet the Director of the institute, but were met with police batons instead
Another protesting student said, “Our student, our senior, died by suicide, and we were doing peaceful agitation but the authorities of NIT Silchar didn't even bother to come and talk to us. They unleashed police on us, police lathi-charged us."
According to the college administration, the student allegedly killed himself due to depression, they said, the student had problems since his first year itself and he might have been depressed as he couldn't clear backlogs.
The police said they had to take steps to de-escalate the situation as the students were not ready to negotiate, they also vandalised cars and ransacked the residence of the Dean. A case of unnatural death has been registered, and the police have recovered the dead body and sent it for post-mortem.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
