Monday, April 15, 2019

Ragging/Teasing

Posted by: Life Skills Sankar
Source: behappy.org.in



Any disorderly conduct, whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any other student, indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or a junior student or asking the students to do any act or perform something which such student will not in the ordinary course and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of a fresher or a junior student (UGC, 2009).


Causes of Ragging

•  Lack of proper goal

•  Unaware of life value

•  Lack of serious concern from managements

•  Fail to implement punishments

•  Poor management at hostels

•  Political interferences

•  Media

•  Caste and Religion

•  Lack of personality training


Problems of Junior Students



Hostel environment
Homesickness

Fears
Tensions
Uncleared doubts

Educational problems
Health problems
Financial problems

Family responsibilities
Suicidal tendency
Love affair

Loss of mother /father/




Responsibilities of Seniors

•  If possible Try to solve their problems

•  Don’t create one more problem i.e. Ragging /Teasing

•  Clear study problems

•  Give guidance for good future

•  Extend Friendship

•  Create caste and religion free Environment


Some characteristics of  Raggers/Teasers 

•  Adamant persons

•  Addicts

•  Homosexuals

•  Immoral persons

•  Sadists

•  Selfish persons


Remedies

•   Organization of fresher’s day at an early date

•  Constitution of college development committee with teachers, senior and junior   students
•  Organization of personality development programmes (in addition to job oriented   skills)
•   Organization of frequent cultural programmes

•   Promotion of value based education

•   Strict implementation of punishments


Punishable Ingredients of Ragging (UGC, 2009):

•      Abetment to ragging
•      Criminal conspiracy to rag
•      Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging
•      Public nuisance created during ragging
•      Violation of decency and morals through ragging
•      Injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt
•      Wrongful restraint
•      Wrongful confinement
•      Use of criminal force
•      Assault as well as sexual offences or even unnatural offences
•      Extortion
•      Criminal trespass
•      Offences against property
•      Criminal intimidation
•    Attempts to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against thevictim(s)

•      All other offences following from the definition of “Ragging”.


Punishments (UGC, 2009):

Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established by the Anti-Ragging Committee of the institution, the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging at the institution level shall be any one or any combination of the following:


•      Cancellation of admission
•      Suspension from attending classes
•      Withholding/ withdrawing scholarship/ fellowship and other benefits
•  Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.
•      Withholding results
•  Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.
•      Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel
•      Rustication from the institution for periods ranging from 1to 4 semesters
•      Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any  other institution
•      Fine of Rs. 25,000/-
•     Collective punishment: When the persons committing or abetting the crime of ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective punishment as Deterrent to ensure community pressure on the potential raggers

*Hate ragging - make friendship*


         Related sites:       
         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragging             
         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragging_in_India 
          http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/Ragging-Related-Circulars.aspx