College had given him TC for poor performance, father lodges police complaint
A second-year mechanical engineering student of a private college in Avadi hanged himself at his Korattur home on Wednesday evening. Police said he took the extreme step because his college — Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College — abruptly gave him a transfer certificate due to his poor performance in exams.
Korattur police identified the student as Jayakar (19), a resident of Bharati Nagar in Korattur. His father Ravi is a paan seller while his mother died many years ago. On Wednesday evening, he returned home from college and locked himself in his room. His cousin knocked on the door around 5.30 p.m. but there was no response. Finally some people in the house broke open the door and found Jayakar hanging from the ceiling with a sari.
Jayakar's father told The Hindu that he realised the reason behind his son's suicide only when he found the TC in his son's backpack. “I was aware that he had arrears in some subjects but the college should have informed me before giving him his TC. The college authorities, including the principal, have acted irresponsibly,” he added. He later lodged a complaint against the college administration with the Korattur police, which first registered a case under Section 174 of CrPC (unnatural death) and later altered it to Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of IPC.
College officials declined to comment on the suicide. No arrests were made until late on Thursday evening.
As the news of Jayakar's death spread in his college, more than 100 students staged a protest near Avadi market on Thursday morning, demanding immediate police action against the management and the principal. One of his classmates who was part of the agitation, said that Jayakar, after receiving the TC on Wednesday, left the college without saying a word to anyone. “He had around 16 arrears but there are other students with even more arrears. He had four more semesters to clear them,” the classmate said.
Students said that Jayakar was one of the students asked to report to college to collect hall tickets, but were handed TCs instead. Their exams begin on Monday.
The Directorate of Technical Education has written to the college, asking for a report on why the TC was issued without consulting the parents or Anna University to which it is affiliated. “TCs can never be issued by affiliated colleges without the consent of the university. It is an unfair practice that It will cost the college dearly if found to be true,” said a senior official at DTE.
All higher educational institutes in the State have been asked to ensure drop-out rate among students is minimal, hence TCs are the last resort and issued only in cases of students being involved in criminal activities. “Even then, the college needs to form a committee, conduct an enquiry and give a warning to the student,” the official said, adding, “The maximum a college can do if a student has many arrears or poor attendance is fail him for a semester. Only the university can decide on his TC,” said the official.
Students are angry. “Our parents are summoned every now and then but not when a TC is issued. And “This has not happened for the first time. Nine students got a semester drop last year and Nearly four students in every class this year have already been issued TCs and asked to look for other options,” said a student.
The Vel Tech colleges are affiliated to Anna University but have follow their own rules of mandatory attendance and scoring patterns that are not mandated by the university. “But officials compel academically weak students to leave college by forcibly issuing TCs to make sure the results are good,” said a student.
Poor attendance and low performance in examinations are reasons that the college cites to issue TCs. The 75 per cent attendance mandated by Anna University is taken so seriously in Vel Tech colleges that even if the student is absent for one lecture, he is marked absent for the entire day, said students.
“Those with arrears have to compulsorily attend extra classes after college and if they are not present, will lose attendance for the entire day. Many don't feel like attending these extra classes as they only prepare you for the current semester and don't teach you the subjects you have failed in,” a student said. ID cards are confiscated if you don't follow the dress code, sport a beard or even bunk a lecture or don't finish an assignment and students lose attendance that way too.
The main culprit for all the problems in Veltech group of institutions is one Mr.Kishore, the owner cum director with just a B.Sc degree and an MBA. He has no knowledge on the technical side and has no experience either. He is assisted by a set of dull Principals and VPs who nod their herds for personal favours. They have not employed senior professors or administrators to guide the institute in the style of MIT, VIT etc and whoever joins leave in few days time as the management trouble them with punishments and treating them badly from day one. Institutions must run by professionals only and by owners.
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It is sad that the student did not confide in anyone or opt for seeing a counselor,and imagine the poor father's plight, he would have taken loans to pay fees etc. Now all such a waste. And this craze for engineering should stop in the first place. Everyone gets lured by the fancy salaries and jobs that are publicised, little knowing that only the cream of cream can reach those levels. So parents and teachers, let this be your wake up call that there is life beyond engineering, and help your wards to choose other sensible options.
Yes i agree with the statement that the staffs are also been ill treated and all the statements given by students as mentioned in the article are true!!!! But its very pathetic to see even some parents are been ill treated....Feel very ashamed to say that i am an ex-student of this college!!! I would kindly request Anna university to investigate this in detail and let the action taken be a warning to all such colleges.
hello sir, I am from that college.
the following are detailed prescription about how the college is.
1.students are given poor water whereas the staffs are furnished with mineral water.(aren't we humans too ?? )
2.no sports. no cultural s.Obviously no way to expose talents. (we have a sport room with two punctured volley balls, a carom board)
3.poor rest room facility. (5:360 ratio)
4.we need to comeback in ten minutes in break with this much poor ratio. literally we have a big queue in rest room in breaks.
5.boys are asked to shave daily.
6.college is in the outskirts of avadi approx 12 kms. no govt facility except particular period of time. if a student is late by more than ten minutes. he has to go back home no matters how much distance you are coming from.
7.we will be marked absent if we come late to class after break, if we did not complete our assignments, if we are a bit talkative, even full day absents are given for students.
please issue an article about such colleges.
veltech is now known for punishing students and facukty as well. Many good faculty members with ph.d from abroad left within a few months for the bad treatment they got in that short period. Teachers are also play their game by going to the classes but not teaching students. Paper corrections are done without going through the answer books. For every small problems they stop the salary of teachers as if they are the parents of the teachers. They know the teachers cannot go against them as they are politically influenced management.
I m a student of this institution. I feel ashamed for being educated in this institution. What will the management do for the boy’s life and what answer will they give for the victim’s father. I strictly condemn the policies of the College and I wish the relevant authorities to involve in this matter and cancel the license of such school mined management. No professionalism and no respect for human life and even the Staffs are ill treated here. Let this incident be the beginning and End for all "Remember suicide is not the fatal resolution as courage is required to overcome such situations" May his soul rest in peace
“TCs can never be issued by affiliated colleges without the consent of the university. It is an unfair practice that It will cost the college dearly if found to be true,” said a senior official at DTE.
“This has not happened for the first time. Nine students got a semester drop last year and Nearly four students in every class this year have already been issued TCs and asked to look for other options,” said a student. Its very bad, the DTE and the Anna University should act and show them the rules now!!!!
Add Karunya Institute of Tech, Coimbatore also in this list. Its a
christian Minority Institute. No College day function, No cinema songs
to be played and i remember till my 3 year of engineering only the SUN
TV news will be telecasted and whenever Dhinakaran and Paul Dhinakarans
program gets telecasted, students used to pray in TV room.. I am not
blaming the christianity or Jesus, why this is being forced to education
institution. No career guidance were given,, but everyday, bible terms
were read in compulsory Morning Prayer session..
I would request anna university to get their certificate back. Let the
veltech college be themselves in creating their own rules. The college
should not be affiliated to anna university any more. I would not
recommend this college if they are irresponsible persons like this. I
would kindly request anna university to investigate this in detail
manner and please get the certification of the college back ie they
should not come under anna university . I would also request the
government to take a legal action against the college ASAP
have they forgotten the meaning of coll??? as said in the movie '3
idiots' the students are treated just like pressure cookers. in India
the judiciary is having so many loopholes such that these 'law
enforcement' colleges get away with whatever harassment they give to
students . so it is time that i ,you and all responsible,law abiding
citizens should rise upto the occasion and do what we can to avoid loss
of innocent lives
I graduated from this college. Here the students are being treated as pressure cooker's and is worse than a jail!!!! The students of this college should forget the words "Self-esteem, and Humanity" :(
one of the worst college in behavioral aspect, i feel very shame to say
i am ex-student of this college. normally the college life is
unforgettable for all but in this college we felt like hell.
This is not the only college.. There are several college's which doesn't even qualify the university's par. If they want only student's who study then why the hell they admit others students, because they need money in the name of donations. Almost all colleges in chennai has someone who have more political influence and nothing can be done about it.
In the olden era, College is the one that equips people with practical knowledge and core knowledge about each domains. But now the things have changed. Education has now become a Business with thousands of colleges competing each other. The one and only motive of the college management is to score high marks in order to gain reputation and more admission in the successive years. So they follow the strategy applied in schools, like conducting Extra classes, Assignments (Impositions), cancelling the attendance for silly issues like not bringing a Note or ID card or for a slight growth in beard, etc... Another motive is just on the money alone, but never the betterment of the students. College is where a candidate is being cultivated with lots of Moral and Knowledge aspects, but instead, they are being tortured. The Education system has been changed to the worse. Corruption has not only intruded in Spectrum cases alone, but here in colleges too. This issue should be strictly monitored.
What will we do if this happened to one of our brother or friend ? I can't digest, this is happened to me also. Students need guts to tackle problems, and they should be trained by schools,colleges itself. Need attention to our education system .
my condolences to the grieving father. Please investigate if the student joined on merit of if he joined by paying capitation fees. in this case, hailing from a poor background, i doubt it would be capitation fees. but i believe leniency should be shown only if the student has been admitted on merit. At any point in time, communicating the suspension/ TC etc. should only be done to the parents since they pay the fees. Moral responsibility for the wards failure, rests with the parent and teacher whether educated or not. Committing the extreme step has many other underlying reasons we cannot determine. Not every student who fails commits suicide and we cannot hold the institution hostage. There a 100 other students who need to graduate and this incident cannot ruin their fate.
Incidents like this are bound to happen in Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu,
the criteria to join Engineering Courses is just pass in Maths,
Chemistry and Physics. There are around 500 Engineering colleges in
TN. All colleges are admitting students who don't have the capability
to study for money. Parents are also lured by a Engineering degree for
their children run behind these colleges. Finally, Students find
difficult in studying,loose hope and finally end their life.
Government will never take any steps to curtail this as politicians
own most of the Engineering colleges.
They Dont know how to handle students,the teachers and Management must
be Friend to the students.by words they will say we are friends to
them.but the real thing is false.
Not only this College..there are so many Engineering colleges in
chennai..Are dominating the students..and treating students as
slaves..they are not at all giving freedom to students..The Teachers
will always give pressure..specially in Engineering colleges there will
be Floor supervisors..(Gundas)..Please god help us...:(
One of the worst college, They are expecting only the results, then why they need average knowledge students, Take only best students and give 100% result. For the money and development of their college they need average students. Simply money making buisness to avoid income tax and for other benefits. Now a days there are very few colleges for service.
"If there is good result in any institution there must be some wrong things are going on, because none of the innovations made without failure"
Students are must allow to think of his own.
If college wants good result and to shine the student. They must act as senior student because all of us came from student life, But they are acting as a god. The value of god knows , only when he is invisible. Do you know the army man who saves our daily life, that's why he is a god of our country.
This college need to closed....
This is highly rediculas this collages are to be punished.And the license r to be canceled.
I graduated from this college. This is one worst college I have ever seen. This is all because of the worst management people. VelTech Engg College in other words we call it as a "Proper Jail" .
Yes Mr.Jegan, i too accept your comments... i studied in this college, at my college days i saw one Old man was begging the Director for his son's mistake and finally he was begging by holding the Director's legs for his son,but the director never shown the humanity to that Old man... think how that student will be humiliated..Did you think thats right...
These sort of suicides occurs because of the torture to the students by
the lecturers and some staff members.Already this has happened in many
colleges.Severe action should be taken against these institutions so
that these do not get repeated...
At the outset my deepest condolence to the parents. This is such an unfortunate incident. I guess its high time the management with double/triple degrees under their seats from both Indian and Foreign Universities should apply their brains now.
Suicide cannot be a solution under any circumsatances. I think this is the third incident in Tamil Nadu in the recent past. The school management should have taken some mild action against him. The expectation of a poor father is competely spoilt.
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