36 Nursing Students hostel arrested for Skipping Mann ki Baat'

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PGIMER: 36 Nursing Students Grounded for Skipping Broadcast of PM’s 'Mann Ki Baat'

Manjneek, the president of the PGI Nurses Welfare Association, told The Wire that she totally opposed the punishment given to the students as it amounted to a violation of their right to freedom.

Chandigarh: The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (PGIMER), a premier health institute in Chandigarh, is in the midst of a controversy after 36 nursing students were reportedly grounded for a week for not attending the event where the 100th episode of the prime minister’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio programme was broadcast on April 30.

While PGIMER has remained tightlipped since the matter came to light on Wednesday, May 10, reports suggest that the institute’s director had made attending the programme, which was held within the campus, mandatory for students.

 

An official note, circulating on social media, also mentioned that instructions for students to attend the PM’s radio broadcast came directly from the director’s office. PGIMER has not denied the authenticity of the circular.

The circular says that 28 third-year and eight first-year students of PGIMER’s nursing college National Institute of Nursing Education, all of them women, skipped the event.

The warden of the hostel in which the students were staying seems to have initiated the complaint. The warden says that the students were warned that if they skipped the event, their “outing” would be cancelled. The warden says that the students were informed about this on the night of April 29 and also on April 30 morning. But the 36 students chose not to attend the event.

The college in charge then passed directions to punish them for a week on May 3. The direction on the circular specifically mentions that the student’s “outing for one week” should be stopped.

 

Manjneek, the president of the PGI Nurses Welfare Association, told The Wire that she totally opposed the punishment given to the nursing students as it amounted to a violation of their right to freedom.

She said that the Mann Ki Baat event was not an important academic lecture or seminar which demanded the mandatory presence of all students. Even skipping such seminars or lectures does not attract punishment, she pointed out. There are rules in place for students who fall short of their academic lectures, but arbitrarily grounding them is not permitted, she said.

According to her, the prime minister’s event was very much a political programme. First, the order of the institution to make the students’ presence mandatory was wrong. Participation should have been voluntary, Manjneek saod.

 

“Then punishing those who skipped the event is absolutely wrong. Not just me, but everyone will oppose it,” she said.

Delhi University professor Apoorvanand tweeted, “Our academic leaders have become shameless in showing their loyalty to the master. Everywhere. But it should not go unchallenged if true.”

When The Wire contacted Dr Sukhpal Kaur, principal of PGIMER’s National Institute of Nursing Education, she said that the college “always [tries] to maintain discipline in the institute”.

When asked if students violated the disciplinary rules by not attending the Mann Ki Baat event, she replied in the affirmative and said it was “a matter of discipline”.

Kaur then said that she had sent a detailed note on the incident to PGIMER authorities, and that it would be better if they responded to media queries.

A PGIMER official, commenting on the condition of anonymity, told The Wire that the matter was “unnecessarily blown out of proportion” and that a mountain was being made out of a molehill.

 

“There is nothing new in students facing disciplinary action for skipping official events. The PM’s event was [an official event],” the official said.

PGI media officer Saryu Madra told The Wire that an official statement will be released soon.

https://thewire.in/rights/pgimer-nursing-students-grounded-mann-ki-baat

 

 

 

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