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The alleged ill-treatment to Kashmiri students at Barkatullah University is making headlines for the last few days but it seems that the matter is not more than bullying by seniors in hostels, which is a common phenomenon and not the ‘step-motherly treatment’ as alleged by few Kashmiri students recently.
Besides, the number of Kashmiri students seeking admissions in BU is likely to plunge drastically, as the fresh academic session only seems possible by October with the snail’s pace of university semester examinations and results.
Tension seems evident on the faces of the Kashmiri students, after the recent happenings. The State capital has emerged as one of the favourite destinations for Kashmiri higher education seekers in the last three-four years.
Over the query weather Kashmiri students put under any kind of misbehaviour, couple of shy looking Kashmiri boys denied anything like that but maintained that they live in rented rooms but their colleagues living in hostels do inform about some ill-treatment. By digging deep, a BU hostler of Kashmiri origin pleading anonymity claimed that few bully seniors take juniors to task more than often.
But he maintained that this treatment is meted out to all the juniors. “Some times seniors slap us (juniors), they ask us to wake up in the wee hours,” added the hostler. Cursing the menace of ragging, he said that authorities do not act whenever they complain. He added, “It is obvious that we go to our State mates whenever we are inflicted trouble by others.”
However, his colleagues living in rented rooms said that they are never troubled by
anyone either in their locality or at the university.
A senior university faculty member said that sizable Muslim population makes Bhopal andLucknow a favourbale destination for Kashmiri students. Besides, he added that the fact that the PG courses are available only in Kashmir University in Kashmir makes MP hot favourte for these students, as PG courses are available in most of the Government, private colleges apart from the universities.
The fresh admission rules formulated by the State Government, specifying 20 per cent seats for outsiders and one per cent for Kashmiri migrants had raised a storm recently as certain groups in Jammu and Kashmir had alleged that MP educational institutions are trying to deny entry to Kashmiri students under pressure from saffron wings.
The matter had taken an ugly turn when the J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had tweeted on his account flaying Madhya Pradesh. The State Government especially Higher Education Minister Laxmikant Sharma had reacted angrily, “Omar’s comments are unnecessary and uncalled for. He should not look at the admission process from a communal angle. This attitude suggests distorted vision in his thinking.
Last year too the Kashmiri students had got embroiled in trouble as it was revealed that only a single student was filling 4 to 6 forms on behalf of his friends and Kashmir students cited various reasons when quizzed by authorities in this regard. “It was also a practice that most of the students only came for taking the exams after securing admission,” said another BU faculty member.
However, some of the BU departments have started checking the malpractice and are asking the students to fill the admission forms personally and attend sufficient classes, said the faculty member by accepting that there are certain complexities like guardian’s signature and attestation of mark sheets by a gazetted officer, which hassles the Kashmiri students.
As a corrective measure, one of the BU departments has started taking written undertaking from all the students including the Kashmiri ones that they would report in time for the assignment otherwise they would not be allowed in the exams. According to estimates, there are around 10,000 Kashmiri students in the State capital and around 200 in BU.
However fresh admissions are likely to plunge as this year the academic session only seems possible from October with the inordinate delay in exams and results and Kashmiri students would not take risk and would apply elsewhere, claimed a senior BU faculty member.
Besides, the number of Kashmiri students seeking admissions in BU is likely to plunge drastically, as the fresh academic session only seems possible by October with the snail’s pace of university semester examinations and results.
Tension seems evident on the faces of the Kashmiri students, after the recent happenings. The State capital has emerged as one of the favourite destinations for Kashmiri higher education seekers in the last three-four years.
Over the query weather Kashmiri students put under any kind of misbehaviour, couple of shy looking Kashmiri boys denied anything like that but maintained that they live in rented rooms but their colleagues living in hostels do inform about some ill-treatment. By digging deep, a BU hostler of Kashmiri origin pleading anonymity claimed that few bully seniors take juniors to task more than often.
But he maintained that this treatment is meted out to all the juniors. “Some times seniors slap us (juniors), they ask us to wake up in the wee hours,” added the hostler. Cursing the menace of ragging, he said that authorities do not act whenever they complain. He added, “It is obvious that we go to our State mates whenever we are inflicted trouble by others.”
However, his colleagues living in rented rooms said that they are never troubled by
anyone either in their locality or at the university.
A senior university faculty member said that sizable Muslim population makes Bhopal andLucknow a favourbale destination for Kashmiri students. Besides, he added that the fact that the PG courses are available only in Kashmir University in Kashmir makes MP hot favourte for these students, as PG courses are available in most of the Government, private colleges apart from the universities.
The fresh admission rules formulated by the State Government, specifying 20 per cent seats for outsiders and one per cent for Kashmiri migrants had raised a storm recently as certain groups in Jammu and Kashmir had alleged that MP educational institutions are trying to deny entry to Kashmiri students under pressure from saffron wings.
The matter had taken an ugly turn when the J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had tweeted on his account flaying Madhya Pradesh. The State Government especially Higher Education Minister Laxmikant Sharma had reacted angrily, “Omar’s comments are unnecessary and uncalled for. He should not look at the admission process from a communal angle. This attitude suggests distorted vision in his thinking.
Last year too the Kashmiri students had got embroiled in trouble as it was revealed that only a single student was filling 4 to 6 forms on behalf of his friends and Kashmir students cited various reasons when quizzed by authorities in this regard. “It was also a practice that most of the students only came for taking the exams after securing admission,” said another BU faculty member.
However, some of the BU departments have started checking the malpractice and are asking the students to fill the admission forms personally and attend sufficient classes, said the faculty member by accepting that there are certain complexities like guardian’s signature and attestation of mark sheets by a gazetted officer, which hassles the Kashmiri students.
As a corrective measure, one of the BU departments has started taking written undertaking from all the students including the Kashmiri ones that they would report in time for the assignment otherwise they would not be allowed in the exams. According to estimates, there are around 10,000 Kashmiri students in the State capital and around 200 in BU.
However fresh admissions are likely to plunge as this year the academic session only seems possible from October with the inordinate delay in exams and results and Kashmiri students would not take risk and would apply elsewhere, claimed a senior BU faculty member.
