Why Ragging Should Be Banned at Educational Institutes?

Ragging is a form of torture that can cause mental agony.

What is Ragging?

Ragging is one of the most common activities happening at educational institutes. It is becoming a ritual of the institutes, where seniors make fun of the juniors. In the name of a fun activity, senior students humiliate the juniors students.

Ragging is a type of harassment that is done by senior students. It does affect the upcoming generation, so there is a need to stop ragging. Educational institutes should ban such fun activities that undervalue the self.

Understand the truth behind ragging.

Ragging is not a fun activity. It is a form of bullying that attacks the self-esteem of the students. Many newcomers students become the victim of ragging.

Senior students enjoy assigning weird tasks to junior students. They enjoy the time and forget that they are role models for the newcomers. They are transforming their habits the junior students. They forget that once a junior will be a senior soon. The junior will do whatever they notice as they inherit from the seniors. So to stop ragging, there is a need to understand the truth behind it.

Seniors should treat the juniors well.

Education is a demand of living in today’s reality. Every student struggles to get an education from a good institute. After getting admission, a student needs mental peace to perform well. They need some guidance from seniors but guess what happens.

Instead of guiding the juniors, seniors misguide. They make fun of the junior students by giving them different silly tasks. In this way, the seniors snatch the mental peace of the juniors. A junior feels embarrassed for performing illogical activities.

Sometimes, underprivileged students suffer the most. They can not follow the seniors, which leads to depression. The fear and threat of ragging — start residing in the minds of most targeted students. In this way, ragging does affect the junior students.

How to stop ragging?

Ragging can not be stopped easily. It can only be stopped with the help of the higher authorities. The educational institutes should have an eye on the ragging. The college/university administration should impose actions for such illegal activities.

Ragging should be addressed well so that everyone does understand the self-esteem of the other. To avoid mental agony, ragging should be banned by educational institutions.

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