Senior Congress leader and former Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony said here on Monday that self-financing and aided educational institutions were more engaged in business, with some managements robbing people of their money in the appointment of staff, from peons to teachers. They demand huge fee for admissions and these practices should end.
He was speaking at a meeting to commemorate A.C. Jose, at the District Congress Committee office here.
He said the VACB should take a close look at the education sector, which had turned into a sector for corrupt practices. He recalled there was a time when teachers at his alma mater, Maharaja’s College, helped students pay their fee. The student-teacher relationship was so warm in those days. The recent incidents in the college would weaken the institution, he said.
The Congress leader recalled that Jose, when he was a student at law college, worked on night shift at the Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore. He worked hard in various fields and was instrumental in giving a new lease of life to the party newspaper Veekshanam .
