Intermediate student missing

Boy said that he hated the education system as they focus only on marks

C. Varshith Reddy of Sri Chaitanya Narsingi branch has been missing from the morning. The fact that he has written a lengthy letter to the dean casts a doubt on what has happened to the disturbed student. However, his letter also says, “I am going to lead my life on my own.”

“I hate the educational system here because people do not teach to lead life but they just teach to get good marks and to join a good college and from there the students go for a software job. Is there any connection between software and Mechanics, Trigonometry and organic chemistry?” questioned Varshith Reddy.

The intermediate student wrote a very emotional letter to the Dean of the corporate junior college. “Corporate colleges are not following norms due to which students are committing suicide and running away from their colleges,” alleged the Intermediate Joint Action Committee(JAC) and Private Junior Colleges in Telangana.

The two page-long letter further reads, “Why doesn’t this system teach computers in intermediate or as a subject? Marks are important but moreover concept is also more important than marks. Here in our college they only teach us on how to solve different type of questions, that is why this system is weak and I quit this system. I am wasting my parent’s money and they are struggling for me a lot and I am unable to study in this system. If I tell these things to my parents they will not be able to understand this and I don’t want their struggle to go waste or be senseless, that is why I am leaving this college, my life.”

It is obvious that Varshith Reddy was distressed. “Pls tell my parents to erase my memories from their mind and I know there aren’t any. Tell them to tell the world that I am dead and do not try to find me and tell them to forget me. Please give them back all the money they have paid with ease. This institution is not responsible for my death or being missing. This letter does not mean that my parents don’t take care of me but I am unable to reach their expectations even though they are doing their best to give me all the luxury. I quit them and this educational system. I am going to lead my life on my own,” Varshith further wrote in the letter.

Mr Madhusudhan Reddy, President-IntermediateJoint Action Committee (JAC) said, “Corporate junior colleges are not following the norms prescribed by the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE). The situation is still the same as persisted before the issuance of instructions by the board. Nothing has changed because the colleges are not following the timetable. The corporate colleges still conduct classes on Sundays and holidays.”

He added that corporate colleges were not following the instructions because the board was not acting against these colleges. Out of 63 colleges which got affiliations recently, 54 colleges are corporate ones and the board has permitted these colleges despite not having fire safety in the college buildings. “The board is not acting as a regulatory body and is a facilitation centre,” he said.