RAZIB,HASAN IMAM

ID :13-23668-1SEC :A10

PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGLISH

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IS RAGGING A CRIME OR JUST A JOKE ?

A traditional & systematical human rights abuse practiced by seniors upon fresher's . It can be physical & mental.

WHAT IS

RAGGING ?

The ragging problem is a legacy of the BRITISH.

BRITISH imported the practice to India from elite public schools back home.

Started in its mild form in the 8th century A.D. during the Olympics in Greece.

Affected countries –USA,INDIA,BANGLADESH

WHERE HAS RAGGING COME FROM?

MILD RAGGING

Mild ragging helps in breaking the ice between the seniors and juniors.

It provides a platform for the juniors and the seniors to interact.

SEVERE RAGGING

Ragging which leads to mental trauma ,or instills a fear in the minds of the juniors.

Sometimes ragging can also be the cause of deaths & mental illness.

TYPES OF RAGGING

Some people believe that ragging is a way to build character.

Mild ragging makes college life exciting.

It provides a platform for the juniors & seniors to get to know each other.

POSITIVE SIDE OF RAGGING

Ragging can result physical injury due to beating.It is an abuse of rights.Sometimes students are so affected by ragging

that they drop out of college.Can also result in death.

NEGETIVE SIDE OF RAGGING

MYTHSRagging makes a

student bold and prepares us for the difficult circumstances in life. It makes us strong

Ragging helps in developing friendship between senior & junior.

FACTSBoldness as instilled

by ragging is a weak acceptance of fate by victims.

Ragging divides the students on the lines of caste ,region ,class etc. It sets mob mentality in the students.

MYTHS AND FACTS OF RAGGING

PICTURE OF RAGGING-1

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PICTURE OF RAGGING-2

DIED IN: March 8, 2009 REASON: Beaten by the

senior students & caused death.

RAGGING CASES

DIED IN: June 14, 2007 REASON: Committed

suicide for mentally tortured by the seniors .

Serious psychological trauma.It leads to mob mentality and violent mindset.

Forceful initiation to alcoholism, drugs.Running away from college & hostel.Post traumatic stress disorders.Fear, anxiety, depression. Group violence.Can also result in death.

CONSEQUENCES OF RAGGING

AT COLLEGE LEVEL Sensitization programs

for both the fresher and the seniors.

Promoting cultural events for fresher-senior interaction.

Pro-active checking in the hostels and anonymous surveys of the entire fresher batch.

AT GOVT LEVEL Firstly to implement

anti-ragging guidelines.

Task force to monitor the activities.

National level awareness campaigns , promotion of social science research on ragging.

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN

In some countries ragging has been banned, but still we hear many incidents every year.

Let us join hands.Let us make a difference.Let us put a stop.Don’t rag ….interact.....and behave.

CONCLUSION

Ragging is nasty manifestation of popular culture. It means teasing or abusing or playing practical joke on any student or asking forcefully any student to do any act, or perform which he/she don’t willingly perform.

1.Massive nationwide awareness 2.Ragging needs to be established as a social taboo. 3.Need to train faculty to handle it. 4.Strict law enforcement for Ragging.

I Think-

MY OPINION

I SAY NO RAGGING

ITS NOT A JOKE

THANK YOU