3. Ragging: Cases
Medical student lynched Himachal Pradesh
Fresher's kills two seniors who tried to rag him Andhra Pradesh
C. Lalitha, victim’s mother, commits suicide Andhra Pradesh
First year student gang-raped Kerala
Girl forced into group sex West Bengal
Principal beats up students for complaining against ragging Madhya Pradesh
Physically challenged girl student assaulted Andhra Pradesh
4. HOW TO AVOID RAGGING?
Cardinal Rule: Avoid Attention
Do not stand out.
Be the most inconspicuous and boring person.
If you have a goatee, get rid of it.
No funky hairstyle for a month.
If you are a stud, keep your studliness in check.
you can let it blossom after a couple of months,
once the onslaught of positive interaction is over!
5. FORMS OF RAGGING.
• Dress-CodeRagging.
• FormalIntroduction.
• VerbalTorture.
• Playingthefool.
• HostelRagging.
• DrugAbuse.
16. 1. Spoils the environment of the college
2. Create gap between seniors and juniors
3. Increase the crime in campuses.
4. Extra work for police.
5. Spoils the mental level of juniors and some people commit suicide also.
6. Juniors cant concentrate on studies because they are living under fear.
7. RAGGING ITSELF A DISADVANTAGE
8. Lack of mentorship:
9. With no seniors around, the first batch is an on-its-own cadre; there is very, very
limited guidance for academic pursuits. Moreover, the absence of seniors also gifts
the first batch with the problem of being blind, the first batch always faces greater
problems (in internships, placements, industry experience, preparation for higher
studies, etc.) and these problems are slowly transcended down the order (to juniors)
who face relatively lesser problems for they have the time to shield beforehand.
10. lack of amenities/ being the guinea pigs:
11. The first batch is always the one which is experimented with! The institute which has
a set of optimized solutions tries multiple approaches on the batch and decides the
treatment on the subsequent batch based on the outcome from the first. That sucks!
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18. Ragging: College Authorities
Sensitisation programs for fresher's and seniors
Promote cultural & sports activities for fresher-senior interaction
Staggered entry for fresher's and seniors
Pro-active checking in hostels
Regular anonymous surveys of the entire fresher batch
… colleges liable for failure to check ragging …
19. Ragging: Central/State Govt
Establish clarity and accountability between various stakeholders
National level awareness campaigns
Audio-Visual Campaigns, Public Debates, Youth Icons, etc.
Ragging sensitisation in school curriculum
NCERT/SCERTs
Setup a toll-free national level helpline
Encourage NGOs working in the sector
… ragging affects nation’s education system …