According to sources, Vellore institute of technology, one of the known private engineering college of country has sent home to two girls students of the institute after they posted Facebook comments questioning rules imposed on girl students alone. .
Reportedly one of the girl posted all the details of their conversation that they had with official about extending the time by which women should be back on the campus. Presently all female students can go out of the campus only once a week and they should come back by 8 pm, if they want to go out more than once they need parent/guardian approval. These rules are more flexible for male students, they do not need parent approval and allow to come late.
Two girls tried to negotiate with university official about these, she and a few students initiated an online survey to help the students register their dissent. One of her friends shared her posts too. Students say this led university officials to summon her parents and send them back home.
“They were also forced to remove the posts,” said another student. Students said the online survey was an eye-opener with many respondents stating that the discrimination was unfair and the curfew deprived them of many opportunities. “You can either go for a GRE/ MBA class or volunteer with an NGO, not both, because you can go out only once a week,” said a student. University officials, however, said the two students had been sent home “only to be away from the commotion,” and can return in a few days. “The students started a campaign based on the misplaced notion that the university discriminates against women, which is not true. They were taken home by their parents,” said Sekar Viswanathan, vice president, VIT University.
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