The government on Thursday issued an order mandating the formation of a student grievance redressal cell in all colleges and teaching departments in universities within a month. Appellate committees will also come up in each university.
The move comes in the wake of the alleged suicide of a second-year student in a hostel of the Amal Jyothi College of Engineering in Kanjirappally and the resulting protests that rocked the campus recently.
The college Principal or the head of the department (in the case of university departments) will be the chairperson of the proposed committee. The panel will include two teachers, including a woman, who are nominated by the chairperson. It will also comprise the chairperson of the college union or departmental students union and two elected student representatives, including a woman.
