Yet again a PTC College is in the news for altogether wrong reasons. Twenty-three girl students of a college in Vijapur taluka of Mehsana district escaped from the hostel late Saturday night assisted by some parents.
This is second such incident reported in less than a week. The last one was reported on Thursday when 70 girl students fled a PTC College in Mansa of Gandhinagar district. With the girls alleging physical harassment and mental torture by the management, the incident may snowball into a major issue over the next week, more so as now they have approached the Vijapur police for protection. On Sunday evening the girls also took out a rally in this regard.
M R Patel, one of the parents who assisted in the escape, said the management of KB Dave College of Education in Pilvai village, turned a blind eye to the girls’ complaints of harassment on the campus.
“We had to take them out as the situation was becoming serious,” he said.
The girls were first taken to Prantij and then brought back to Vijapur on Sunday evening to register a complaint against the management. A worried Minister of State (Primary Education) Jaisinh Chauhan, who is also the Prantij MLA, rushed to calm frayed tempers and assured the girls of all administrative assistance.
The management, however, maintained that the only complaint of the girls was that they did not wish to stay in hostels as some of them had their homes nearby. “We cannot let them go till the government issues proper orders,” said Mahendra Dave, one of the trustees.
In the wake of the ongoing Patan PTC gangrape case, the government had decided to do away with the mandatory requirement of hostel stay for the girl students in the primary teachers training institutions across the state. But despite the in-principle decision announced almost a month ago, administrative orders have not reached colleges through respective district administrations, resulting in restlessness on the part of the hostel girls.
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This is second such incident reported in less than a week. The last one was reported on Thursday when 70 girl students fled a PTC College in Mansa of Gandhinagar district. With the girls alleging physical harassment and mental torture by the management, the incident may snowball into a major issue over the next week, more so as now they have approached the Vijapur police for protection. On Sunday evening the girls also took out a rally in this regard.
M R Patel, one of the parents who assisted in the escape, said the management of KB Dave College of Education in Pilvai village, turned a blind eye to the girls’ complaints of harassment on the campus.
“We had to take them out as the situation was becoming serious,” he said.
The girls were first taken to Prantij and then brought back to Vijapur on Sunday evening to register a complaint against the management. A worried Minister of State (Primary Education) Jaisinh Chauhan, who is also the Prantij MLA, rushed to calm frayed tempers and assured the girls of all administrative assistance.
The management, however, maintained that the only complaint of the girls was that they did not wish to stay in hostels as some of them had their homes nearby. “We cannot let them go till the government issues proper orders,” said Mahendra Dave, one of the trustees.
In the wake of the ongoing Patan PTC gangrape case, the government had decided to do away with the mandatory requirement of hostel stay for the girl students in the primary teachers training institutions across the state. But despite the in-principle decision announced almost a month ago, administrative orders have not reached colleges through respective district administrations, resulting in restlessness on the part of the hostel girls.
Courtesy : www.expressindia.com