Govt concerned over crimes against NE students

Updated on: Friday, May 04, 2012

Government expressed concern over recent incidents of alleged discrimation and crime against students from Northeast in campuses and asked the institutes to provide "an inclusive and harmonious platform" to them.
 
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, while expressing his concern, said educational institutions should rise to the occasion to provide an "inclusive and harmonious platform for students from across the country to come together and pursue studies".
 
Accroding to officials in the HRD Ministry, Sibal had last month requested UGC to formulate regulations to prevent discrimination in higher educational institutions.
 
UGC in its meeting on April 2 also deliberated on a set of regulations and finalised them. They included establishment of ombudsman in every institutes who would have the power to hear complaints of discrimination.
 
Manipuri boy Richard Loitam was found dead, allegedly murdered in his hostel in Bangalore's NRV School of Architecture last week, an incident which had sparkd protests.
 
A few days later, Dana, a Meghalaya student, was found hanging in her hostel room of Gurgaon's Amity Business School.

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