5 May : In the wake of ragging incidents being reported from different educational institutes, including schools, HRD Minister Arjun Singh on Tuesday reviewed the situation with the senior officials of the ministry.
Singh discussed the issue threadbare with officials of the ministry and other regulatory bodies in education.The meeting assumes significance in view of the recent incident of ragging reported from an elite school in Shimla where students of class-XI were allegedly assaulted by their seniors last week.
The HRD Minister has favoured a special law to check the ragging menace in campuses.The University Grants Commission has prepared a regulation, which has been adopted by 17 other councils, to check the menace.