Implementation of guidelines of statutory/regulatory bodies
Govt. College Bishrampur adheres following guidelines of statutory/regulatory bodies for the timely redressal of student grievances including sexual harassment and ragging cases:
(A) The Code of Conduct for the student to maintain the highest standards of discipline and dignified manner of behavior inside and outside the College campus. It’s displayed on the college noticeboard
(B) The possible cases of women sexual harassment inside the campus are redressed according to the rule of “Handbook on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2015”. For details, please go through the link:https://wcd.nic.in/act/handbook-sexual-harassment-women-workplace.
Besides this, the girl students can register a complaint regarding sexual harassment on the Ministry of Women & Child Development website.
(C) The possible cases of ragging in college are redressed according to the rule of“UGC Regulation on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009. For details, please go through the link:https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/ragging/minuterag230409.pdf
Policies & Mechanism for ZeroTolerance
Govt. College Bishrampur has a transparent policy and mechanism for timely redressal of student grievances including sexual harassment and ragging cases. The College students could submit their grievances through offline/online mode as well as from the grievance box of the campus. All issues of the student grievances are redressed by the Grievance Redressal Committee of the College.
A. Maintenance of Discipline among Students of the College
POLICY:-
The College has a well-constituted Students’ Grievance Redressal cell, Carrying powers to enforce discipline and taking disciplinary action in the interest of maintaining discipline, as may seem to be appropriate. The Committee also gives instructions to students against disrupting in any manner of the academic functioning and property of the College.
MECHANISM:-
Bishrampur College celebrates National/International Commemorative Days, Festivals, and Memories of the great freedom fighters, to instill patriotic spirit and foster unity among students and faculty. The College organizes activities that deepen the values, rights, duties, and responsibilities of good citizens committed to the nation and society. The NSS and YRC are two integral bodies that commit activities to inculcate patriotism among students.
B. Prohibition for Sexual Harassment of Women at College
POLICY:-
The College has a well-constituted Women's Cell, that makes awareness of social and Ethical issues among girl students and staff. All complaints related to women including sexual harassment are redressed by Woman Cell who gives suggestions to deal with the case, if any.
MECHANISM:-
The Women Cell conducts gender-sensitizing Programs by organizing lectures and seminars. Women Cell takes care of the concerns of the Girls students of the College and sensitizes students about women’s rights. The Women Cell organizes programs on legal assistance, women’s health, and self-defense training which help in boosting the status of women. The women's cell organizes various awareness programs on Gender equality, Women's literacy, Beti Padao-Beti Bachao, etc to discourage sexual-imbalance in society.
The Committee time to time visits in each department and enquires about girl students' problems. Complaints/grievances to the girl's students are regarded with utmost seriousness and take appropriate action. However, there is no sexual harassment case during the last 05 years of the college.
The Women Cell has also created a WhatsApp Group in which all the Female Employees and Girl students are connected virtually.
The institute provides a specialized women's common room for its female students to insure their safety and hygiene.
C. Prohibition of Ragging among Students of the College
POLICY:-
Ragging is brought to bear for the dominant status of freshly enrolled students or students who are in any way considered junior or inferior by other students. The College has a well-constituted Anti-Ragging Committee to strictly prohibit Ragging in any of them within the premises of the College as well as on public transport.
MECHANISM:-
Bishrampur College is consistently engaged in sensitization of students to our constitutional obligations, to make students as good citizens.
The College includes individual or collective acts or practices against ragging such as:
· The principal of the College or Anti-Ragging Committee shall take immediate action on any information of the occurrence of ragging.
· The Principal of the College or Anti-Ragging Committee is satisfied that for some reason, shall· direct or order rustication of a student or students for a specific number of periods, admired to a program of study in a College, departmental examination for one or more years or that the results of the student or students concerned in the examination or examinations in which they appeared to be canceled.
· However, there is no such case during the last 05years of the College.·