New Delhi: In an effort to prevent incidents of suicide on campuses, the HRD ministry will ask universities to establish local guardian systems for outstation students, while the Vice Chancellors would closely monitor the departmental issues.
The ministry has decided to ask University Grants Commission (UGC) to circulate a list of twelve such recommendations for varsities following the Roopanwal commission report, which was set up to look into the circumstances behind scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide in the University of Hyderabad earlier this year.
Significantly, the report and recommendations of the Roopanwal commission in this regard were tabled by HRD minister Prakash Javadekar in the Parliament yesterday.
The measures suggested by the HRD ministry include a strong induction programme for better acclimatisation and establishing a local guardian system for outstation students.
It also suggested remedial teaching for academically weak students while stating that deans should closely monitor department problems.
Universities have also been asked to select suitable student volunteers to act as mentors.
The UGC will in the coming days circulate these recommendations, in addition to the ones made by Justice Roopanwal, to all central universities and monitor compliance.
The ministry has decided to ask University Grants Commission (UGC) to circulate a list of twelve such recommendations for varsities following the Roopanwal commission report, which was set up to look into the circumstances behind scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide in the University of Hyderabad earlier this year.
Significantly, the report and recommendations of the Roopanwal commission in this regard were tabled by HRD minister Prakash Javadekar in the Parliament yesterday.
The measures suggested by the HRD ministry include a strong induction programme for better acclimatisation and establishing a local guardian system for outstation students.
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It also suggested remedial teaching for academically weak students while stating that deans should closely monitor department problems.
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Universities have also been asked to select suitable student volunteers to act as mentors.
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The UGC will in the coming days circulate these recommendations, in addition to the ones made by Justice Roopanwal, to all central universities and monitor compliance.
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