April 20,2023 Shimla
Teachers and students will work together to prevent drug addiction in private colleges and universities of Himachal Pradesh. A special campaign will be launched to get rid of drug addiction in all the private higher educational institutions of the state. Joint surveillance teams of teachers and students will also keep vigil around educational institutions and hostels. The work of private educational institutions will also be reviewed every month by the State Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission.
The state government has decided to deal strictly against drugs. In this series, the Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission has issued a letter to all private colleges and universities asking them to make special efforts for de-addiction. Under this, a monitoring team has been constituted to conduct surprise inspections and keep an eye on the activities of the students. The monitoring team will be headed by a senior teacher. Students will be made members in this.
From time to time, these teams will hold meetings and prepare their action plans. On receiving information related to drugs, the local administration and police will also be informed. Chairman of the commission Major General retired Atul Kaushik said that everyone needs to work unitedly against drugs. Special monitoring teams have been asked to be formed in educational institutions to prevent students from falling prey to drugs. These teams will also inform the commission about their information.
Grievance Redressal Cell will be opened for the convenience of the students
Grievance redressal cells will be opened for the convenience of the students of colleges and universities of the state. Students will be able to bring any kind of problem to the notice of the management through these cells. The Regulatory Commission has issued letters to all private college principals and vice-chancellors of private universities in the state to set up these cells.