The Higher Education Ministry and the Peradeniya University are on a collision course over the alleged non-cooperation by the university administration in curbing incidents of ragging, officials said yesterday.
FILE PHOTO All the universities, barring Kelaniya, have now admitted students for the next academic term, and there have been reports of several incidents where the necomers were subjected to various forms of ragging.
Director General - Students Affairs of the Ministry Keerthi Mavellage said though he had received complaints from students and parents about ragging at the Peradeniya University Engineering Faculty, the complaints could not be probed because of the non-cooperation by the university administration.
Mr. Mavellage said he would have to use other means to investigate the complaints as a result, and take action against those guilty under the provisions of the anti-ragging law.
“It is difficult to probe these cases. The university administration appears to be trying to sweep everything under the carpet,” he said.
Director General - Students Affairs of the Ministry Keerthi Mavellage said though he had received complaints from students and parents about ragging at the Peradeniya University Engineering Faculty, the complaints could not be probed because of the non-cooperation by the university administration.
Mr. Mavellage said he would have to use other means to investigate the complaints as a result, and take action against those guilty under the provisions of the anti-ragging law.
“It is difficult to probe these cases. The university administration appears to be trying to sweep everything under the carpet,” he said.
Besides, he said that ten senior students who ragged their juniors had been identified at the Colombo University and the Institute of Indigenous Medicine affiliated to it. Also, he said cases of ragging had been reported from the South-eastern University at Oluvil in Ampara.
“Apart from these cases, the situation is totally under control at all the other universities. We entertain complaints even from individual students,” he said.
When a student is accused of ragging, he or she will be suspended from studentship After that, legal action will be taken. If anyone is proven guilty in a court of law, he or she can be imprisoned for six months or more in terms of the anti-ragging act.
When asked about the situation, Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Dean W.M.S.B. Weerakoon said the university authorities had taken steps to control the situation.
“There were cases at the university’s Akbar Hall ,but not at the Faculty. Now, the Vice Chancellor is taking some steps to arrest the trend with the help of wardens and sub wardens,” he said.
“Apart from these cases, the situation is totally under control at all the other universities. We entertain complaints even from individual students,” he said.
When a student is accused of ragging, he or she will be suspended from studentship After that, legal action will be taken. If anyone is proven guilty in a court of law, he or she can be imprisoned for six months or more in terms of the anti-ragging act.
When asked about the situation, Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Dean W.M.S.B. Weerakoon said the university authorities had taken steps to control the situation.
“There were cases at the university’s Akbar Hall ,but not at the Faculty. Now, the Vice Chancellor is taking some steps to arrest the trend with the help of wardens and sub wardens,” he said.
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