Final week, Layasmitha, a BTech scholar from Presidency College, was stabbed to loss of life by her cousin, Pawan Kalyan, in her faculty campus. The Rajanukunte police station has booked faculty authorities and the safety guard for breach of security. “We’ve got received the CCTV footage from the school. As soon as we perceive why an outsider was allowed to step foot in campus, we are going to take motion,” says inspector Bharat.
Authorities on excessive alert
The incident has triggered concern relating to the safety on campuses. Augustine George, dean, Kristu Jayanti School, says, “We’ve got all the time had tight safety in place. If the scholars overlook to hold their ID playing cards, we ask them to make an entry and solely upon the permission of their head of division, can we permit them to enter. We are actually going to put in hand-held steel detectors. We’re doing all the things we are able to to make the scholars really feel secure.”
Vivitha MK, head of division of journalism research, Mount Carmel School, says, “No college students are allowed to enter the campus with out their ID playing cards. Guests must register their names, contact numbers and goal of go to. The division they want to go to is knowledgeable first and the customer is allowed inside solely when the division provides the permission.”
School college students are apprehensive
College students, nonetheless, really feel unsafe in mild of Layasmitha’s brutal loss of life. Speaking in regards to the state of affairs, a scholar from Presidency College says, “No matter occurred was not presupposed to occur, particularly contained in the campus. Sure, to an extent, the college is at fault, however I’ve by no means confronted any security-related points. Quite than blaming the college for the incident, it’s higher if we attempt to discover means to keep away from such incidents sooner or later.”
A scholar from Jain College, on situation of anonymity, says, “It isn’t the primary time that I’ve come throughout one thing like this. The issue is our common tradition, cinema and reveals that normalise behaviour like this (stalking and harassment). When such circumstances are put forth, universities and schools attempt to dismiss them as a result of it impacts the establishment’s repute.”
A scholar from Christ College says, “It’s unhappy that no motion is taken after we hear about such circumstances. I’ve seen and heard about many such incidents from my pals in several campuses. How do you even complain if a stare is making you uncomfortable otherwise you hear slurs and feedback being handed on?”
Gizelle Gina D’Silva, a scholar from Jain College, says, “Once we take a look at assault, most of us are usually not taught to distinguish between several types of assault. So much needs to be executed, even with the brand new Nationwide Schooling Coverage coming in, there must be some authorities initiative in educating individuals.”
Talking of an answer, scholar Sim Jain says, “The incident is appalling and if instructional establishments are usually not secure, the place are we heading? I believe a method to offer extra safety might be that the grievance cell needs to be ruled by another physique than the establishment, in order that they’re autonomous sufficient to reply correctly.”