State Minster addressing a press conference yesterday (12th May) at the Department of Government Information described the currently reporting ragging incidents as a severe harassment for the students.

Since 1975 so far 9 deaths of students have been reported due to the ragging cases in universities.

According to him, a program inside of the universities should be implemented to brainwash the students before taking legal actions against them for ragging cases.

The Act No. 20 of 1998 (Prohibition of Ragging and Other Forms of Violence in Educational Institutions Act) has given the legal powers for the relevant authorities to take actions against the ragging cases. But the State Minister pointed out, “the rectification is more important than the punishment.”