[PunjabNewsline] College management to be responsible for ragging, says Punjab Medical Education minister

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Punjab Newsline Network
Sunday, 09 September 2007

CHANDIGARH: Tikshan Sud Medical Education and Research Minister Sunday issued direction to all Principals and staff of all Government and Private Medical and dental colleges to effectively ensure ban on ragging of new students in their respective institutes.

In a communiqué the Minister said that any laxity shown by management, administration, Principal, faculty or staff in implementing the guidelines would be treated very seriously and would invite stern disciplinary action. He reiterated that management, principal and staff to take effective steps to ensure that no new student becomes victim of this wrong practice of ragging.

Calling upon the principals to remain constantly vigilant against this practice and monitor the situation on day to day basis, he said that principal and staff must watch the attitude of new comers and any sign of depression noticed in new student should be probed deeply.

Making an impassioned appeal to the senior students to welcome the new students with love instead of ragging them, he said that junior students expect senior students to depict leadership qualities in such situations.

Issuing the stern warning to take criminal action against any student indulging in ragging, the Minister also appealed to new students to oppose heinous practice of ragging and immediately report the incident to the Principal and to the higher authorities.