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Judicial panel to probe Rohith suicide
Based on its observations and findings, the Ministry of HRD has decided to constitute a Judicial Commission to review the entire sequence of events and the circumstances; and to establish the facts and correctives in the context of the suicide of the dalit research scholar of the University of Hyderabad. The Judicial Commission will submit it its report within 3 months.
New Delhi: Based on its observations and findings, the Ministry of HRD has decided to constitute a Judicial Commission to review the entire sequence of events and the circumstances; and to establish the facts and correctives in the context of the suicide of the dalit research scholar of the University of Hyderabad. The Judicial Commission will submit it its report within 3 months.
This comes after the ministry received the findings of the two-member committee sent to probe the suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula at the University of Hyderabad, which announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 8 lakh to his family but protests continued.
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence and expressed his grieve over the death of Rohith, seven students continued their indefinite hunger strike demanding removal of Union ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya and the Vice Chancellor.
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday spoke to the mother of Rohith and extended her condolences.
In order to address the issues faced by the students from disadvantaged social, economic and educational backgrounds in higher educational institutions comprehensively and to prevent such unfortunate incidents in future,
the ministry has decided on the following course of action:A programme will be launched for sensitising academic administrators about understanding and handling problems faced by socially, educationally and economically disadvantaged students. All wardens, administrative staff and Registrars would be compulsorily put through this orientation programme.
A special module will be prepared for this orientation. A special mechanism would be set up at the ministry for receiving and taking expeditious action on the grievances from these students. All VCs and senior administrators would be sensitised to reach out to socially, economically and educationally disadvantaged students.
There should be zero-tolerance for any acts of discrimination on campus. A special Charter would be issued to all the Higher Educational Institutions in this regard, the Ministry has decided. The Peer-group Assisted Learning (PAL) of IIT Gandhinagar would be extended to all the HEIs, under which mentors would be arranged for the socially, economically and educationally disadvantaged students not only to assist them in education,
but to support them with regards to challenges being faced by them within their Institutions. These measures come in the wake of the reports that the Vice-Chancellor or the other members of the Executive Council of the university failed in reaching out to the suspended students which subsequently led to the tragic incident leading to a confrontation between a section of the students and the administration at Hyderabad University.
