Thousands of students are caught between the greedy parents and the unhealthy competition between the educational institutions in the State. Many students are slogging in the corporate institutions and are depressed, say the child rights activists.
Condemning the brutal act on four students of Sri Chaitanya College campus at Penamaluru on the city outskirts on Wednesday night, the State Child Rights Protection Commission (SCRPC), Andhra Pradesh Balala Hakkula Sangam (APBHS), All India Youth Federation (AIYF) and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) demanded action against the institute management.
‘Students detained’“The students were detained and beaten with an iron rod, which shows the inhuman act of the college management. Government should order a thorough probe and book the accused under attempt to murder, kidnap and illegal detainment of the students in the case,” said SCRPC member Achyuta Rao.
Speaking to The Hindu on Friday, he said this was not the first case reported in Sri Chaitanya College.
Last year one student died and another student died under mysterious circumstances in the same institution in the State this year.
Government should cancel recognition of the institution and order a thorough probe into the suspicious deaths.
Recently, the commission visited a few branches which look like jails, he said.
When contacted, Sri Chaitanya College, Penamaluru campus dean K. Srinivas Rao denied the allegations that the students were thrashed in the hostel.
He said that principal Mr. Raghu Babu pushed Munavar Hussain while he was trying to break a glass, and he fell on an iron cot fracturing his hand.
Other three students sustained injuries while they were removing the broken glass pieces, said the dean.
‘Failure of government’APBHS general secretary Anuradha Rao expressed concern over the attack and found fault with the officials for their failure .
“There is no supervision of the government on corporate institutions leading to violation of child rights,” said Ms. Rao and appealed to the parents and the officials to protect child rights.
AIYF State president Navaneetham Sambasiva Rao said many students were facing health problems and were suffering the torture silently in hostels being maintained by some private and corporate educational institutions due to prolonged classes, study hours and lack of holidays.
‘Bring the culprits to the book’SFI Krishna district president T. Praveen said the Sri Chaitanya College management was trying to dilute the case by threatening the students and appealed to the government to punish the culprits as per law.
