Punishment of suspension and fines meted out by the Universities should be stiff and act as deterrents to those who might nurse ideas of ragging entrants.
The vice-chancellors will be held responsible if any ragging incidents take place in any college, be it in the university or any professional college, said Governor E S L Narasimhan.
In his capacity as Chancellor of the universities in the State, he urged the VCs to deal sternly with the ragging issue.
Addressing the VCs of various universities in the state, Narasimhan emphasised the fact that this year it should be zero ragging year. I don’t wish to see any cases being registered against ragging in the State this academic year, the Governor made his intentions clear with the vCs.
Strict punishments should be meted out to those who are indulged in ragging such that they will not recuur again. You can even go to the extent of placing the culprits behind the bars if they do not take seriously about the ragging. The parents should be educated about the ills of ragging. One should feel the mental tension the ragging causes on the students who join the course afresh.
The universities and other educational institutes have been asked to launch an awareness drive in which senior students should be informed about the evils of ragging and teachers, parents and students should equally participate in the drive.