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Vemula effect: HRD comes up with recommendations to curb campus suicides

In an effort to prevent incidents of suicide on campuses, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) 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 on Thursday.

Justice (retd) A K Roopanwal had made six recommendations in the report, with the HRD ministry adding six of its own recommendations to the list.

The measures suggested by the HRD ministry include a strong induction programme for better acclimatisation and establishing a local guardian system for outstation students.

The ministry has held that grievances of students should be discussed and dispensed with on weekly basis and Vice Chancellors should hold monthly meetings.

It also suggested remedial teaching for academically weak students while stating that deans should closely monitor department problems.

The ministry has recommended that in case any serious issue is detected, it should be immediately brought to the notice of the Vice Chancellor.

Universities have also been asked to select suitable student volunteers to act as mentors.
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