In yet another attempt at containing ragging in the institutions, the Centre on Monday launched a mobile App for the students to register complaints to counter the menace. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the Anti-Ragging Mobile App introduced by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
The app will work on android system on which students can log in and register their complaints immediately. Accordingly all concerned will be informed immediately and action will start immediately. Earlier one had to visit the website for registering a complaint of ragging and record shows that timely action was taken which in turn had resulted in the decrease of such instances.
Javadekar said there would be no tolerance for those involved in any ragging incidents and such students would not be allowed to continue their education.
“Those who are involved in ragging will not be tolerated and they will not be allowed to continue their education in that institution. At the same time they will be given severe penalty and punishment as per the law,” Javadekar said.
The HRD Minister said it is a good step for protection and will give a feeling of security to students. He also cautioned that those who are involved in ragging will not be tolerated and they will not be allowed to continue their education in that institution.
“At the same time they will meet severe penalty and punishment as per the law,”said the Minister hoping that good senior students will act as mentors for their juniors.
“This ill has to be eliminated completely. As per our knowledge in campuses majority of senior students actually help guide their juniors and properly mentor them, but in few cases ragging happens which needs to be completely eliminated from campuses,” said Javadekar. He said “Physical or mental torture of a new student is ragging which we won’t allow, this is unacceptable and therefore this app will become a handy tool to any student who goes through such experience.”