Education activists hint they may approach court if government ignores their demand
Education activists hint they may approach court if government ignores their demand
INCREASING incidents of teachers and other staff members being beaten up by student wings owing allegiance to political parties, especially the Maharashtra MNS, have prompted the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and educational bodies to demand enactment of a law to prevent such people from entering educational institutions.u00a0
With the beginning of the second academic term, PTA members will approach all schools and educational institutions at the behest of the authorities and make parents give in writing that if there are any complaints regarding their children, they will approach the school authority and not any political parties.u00a0
Activists say that political parties get involved in educational matters at the slightest provocation.u00a0Rajashri Natu, member of managing committee, PTA, said, "The government hasu00a0to make a rule to banu00a0students wings from entering the institutions. We'll approach schools and conduct meetings with teachers, principals and parents regarding this issue. "
Education activists also hinted that they would be approaching the court soon if the education department does not take action. "Though it's too early to say anything we'll wait for government's response and then approach the court to deal with the matter," said education activist Jayant Jain.
About four months agou00a0over 50 MNVS members had forced their way into Dru00a0S Ahire's office, the controlleru00a0of examinations, University of Pune (UoP), and beat him upu00a0to protest against theu00a0improper functioning of the exam department and other discrepancies related to a Marathi paper.u00a0
Sources in the University of Pune say that the officials of the university are aware of the matter and had approached the education ministry to implement laws against the political parties. "The officials in the university do not take a stand because their posts are controlled by political parties," said a university official, requesting anonymity.u00a0
Despite repeated attempts and SMSes State Higheru00a0and Technical Education Minister, Rajesh Tope, did not respond.u00a0Last week, National Student Union of India (NSUI) asked the government to ban MNVS activists from entering institutions after they blackened the face of Mumbai University's Controller of Examinations for holding him responsible for leaking the third year Bachelor of Management Studiesu00a0question paper.u00a0
