With instances of ragging cropping up with alarming regularity, there have been instances where victimized students have often resorted to extreme steps as suicide, allegedly due to harassment by fellow students.
Several colleges and institutions assert, typically without evidence or proof, to have initiated strict measures to curb ragging on and off-campuses, though it has been observed that most of these have been implemented only on paper.
Ragging is a serious issue; it causes humiliation and leads to low self-esteem. While the ceremony of ragging was started as a traditional practice of familiarizing beginners with their seniors, it soon turned into a potent practice for ill-treating and punishing poor students, especially, if they failed to obey their seniors.
Under the pretext of fun and entertainment, new students are often subject to assault and inhuman treatment, sexual at times, which leaves an ineffaceable impact on students making the ragging period emotionally disturbing and distressing.
Recent case of 12 minors being thrashed in case of ragging by seniors of a government run residential school in western Assam’s Chirang district with bamboo poles and wooden planks on the night of July 29-30 came to light after the students with broken bones needed medical attention reminds us of the entire history of ragging which has plagued our educational institutions.
Following Supreme Court orders, a National Anti-Ragging Helpline was launched by the Indian Government. Students being ragged send emails at helpline@antiragging.in to register their complaint, which can be registered without disclosing the name(s) of the victim(s) by making an anonymous email id or by calling the helpline number 1800-180-5522.
Several colleges and institutions assert, typically without evidence or proof, to have initiated strict measures to curb ragging on and off-campuses, though it has been observed that most of these have been implemented only on paper.
Ragging is a serious issue; it causes humiliation and leads to low self-esteem. While the ceremony of ragging was started as a traditional practice of familiarizing beginners with their seniors, it soon turned into a potent practice for ill-treating and punishing poor students, especially, if they failed to obey their seniors.
Under the pretext of fun and entertainment, new students are often subject to assault and inhuman treatment, sexual at times, which leaves an ineffaceable impact on students making the ragging period emotionally disturbing and distressing.
Recent case of 12 minors being thrashed in case of ragging by seniors of a government run residential school in western Assam’s Chirang district with bamboo poles and wooden planks on the night of July 29-30 came to light after the students with broken bones needed medical attention reminds us of the entire history of ragging which has plagued our educational institutions.
Following Supreme Court orders, a National Anti-Ragging Helpline was launched by the Indian Government. Students being ragged send emails at helpline@antiragging.in to register their complaint, which can be registered without disclosing the name(s) of the victim(s) by making an anonymous email id or by calling the helpline number 1800-180-5522.
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