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Institute heads answerable for 'extreme' ragging: UGC

IndiaTimes Friday, 15 December 2023
Urging all higher education institutions (HEIs) to step up anti-ragging measures, the University Grants Commission has said that in cases of extreme ragging and suicide, college principal and registrar of the university concerned will be answerable to the National Anti-Ragging Monitoring Committee for any non-compliance of its regulations on ragging. NCRB data show that there have been 1 lakh 70 thousand 924 cases of accidental deaths and suicides in the year 2022, out of which only 1.2% cases pertains to deaths which are in connection with failure in examinations.
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