Kozhikode: The Kerala Students’ Union (KSU) has asked the State government to bring in legislation to regulate the functioning of self-financing colleges. KSU State president K.M. Abhijith told reporters here on Saturday that unfortunate incidents were being reported from such colleges as they had been given a free run.
“There is no freedom for students in those colleges, and campus politics is banned there. We urge the government to introduce a law to allow students to engage in political activities at self-financing colleges,” he said.
Mr. Abhijith condemned the decision of the private medical college managements to increase the fee for postgraduate courses up to ₹14 lakh. He termed it a unilateral move that would affect the future of many students who had taken loans to support their studies. Mr. Abhijith claimed that the government had given a free hand to the managements to do whatever they wanted and was protecting their interests. “We will organise a march to the Legislative Assembly on May 16 to mark our protest,” he said.
The KSU leader alleged that the government was suppressing the protests launched by the KSU, and that draconian provisions of law had been charged against the activists. On a recent video showing a group of KSU activists running away purportedly fearing police action during a protest, he claimed that “they were on their way to attend a meeting”.
Mr. Abhijith said the KSU would organise a campaign against the charging of capitation fee and claimed that it would oppose even donations collected by nursery schools and kindergartens.
