Telangana: To stop student suicides, the government mandates the nighttime deployment of instructors at welfare hostels
The Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational colleges Society (TSWREIS) published a circular on Wednesday instructing professors to remain on campus at night and conduct counseling sessions, if required, in response to a spate of student suicides at social welfare residential colleges.
The TSWREIS secretary, K Seetha Lakshmi, released the following circular: “The principals are instructed to depute a large number of regular teachers for night stay and holiday duties in light of the unexpected events occurring in TSWRE institutions during the examination season and the summer.” The night-stay instructors are required to keep an eye on the kids and keep tabs on their behavior. The institution may utilize part-time employees for night shifts and holiday work only if it does not have enough regular instructors on staff.
Additionally, it instructed principals to supervise staff members assigned to holidays and night shifts. In order to avert unfortunate events, students must also stay on campus during vacations. Principals are also instructed to use district coordinators to communicate with the district welfare officer and to hire the district child protection officer to provide student counseling during this time. These will be in force till the conclusion of the school year. ~
According to TSUTF, teachers are not night watchmen.
The Telangana State United Teachers’ Federation (TSUTF) objected to the circular, claiming that the number of teaching staff members on night duty had been raised from two to four in response to the spate of student suicides. The TSWREIS has reduced teachers to the status of night watchmen. This is very offensive,” it said.
Mental stress is the root cause of student suicides, according to TSUTF president K Jangaiah, general secretary Chava Ravi, and president of the TSWREIS wing D Yellaiah. They argued that the TSWREIS made bizarre directives without taking this into account.
They claimed that TSWREIS was pressing pupils to do better on the SSC and Intermediate exams, just as corporate educational institutions do. They went on to say that the suicide culture, which had hitherto only existed in business settings, had now permeated government assistance organizations.
The TSUTF urged the TSWREIS to work proactively in order to lessen student mental stress and foster an environment that is more supportive inside the institutions. It also raised concerns about how the workers at the welfare hostels could provide summertime refreshments to the students, such as buttermilk, cool water, and fruit, without sufficient funds.
