Over 438 BTech students jobless after engineering college denies them degrees
The OIC Pahala police station shall register the case, record statements of students and proceed with the investigation promptly and effectively, the OHRC directed.
Orissa Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed State police to take to task the authorities of an All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)-recognized engineering college after the private technical institute denied degree certificates to BTech graduates. The OIC Pahala police station shall register the case, record statements of students and proceed with the investigation promptly and effectively, the OHRC directed.
Over 438 students jobless without BTech degrees
Nearly 438 students are yet to receive certificates and grade sheets from the Eastern Academy of Science and Technology, Phulnakhara. These students passed the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT)-conducted examination in 2018-19. The students who mostly hail from impoverished economic backgrounds are languishing jobless, as they are unable to apply for jobs, Biswapriya Kanungo petitioned the rights panel, according to the statesman.
“This is a very shocking case where 438 numbers of students who have passed out from the institutions are deprived of certificates and grade sheets. The Commission having considered the fact is of the view that acts amount to clear cheating by the college authorities”, the Commission observed in an order pronounced on Tuesday.
As the Commission finds prima facie that there is an act of cheating, misappropriation of funds of large number of students and playing hide and seek by the college authority, let the order be sent to officer-in-charge Pahala police station to treat it as an FIR and register case and take appropriate action against persons responsible for the act.
BPUT and AICTE will be receiving a copy of this order, who shall consider the matter and take a decision regarding the de-recognition and de-affiliation of the college. The Commission feels that this type of institution should not be permitted to continue to protect the students from harassment.
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