Kerala High Court Bans Agitations On Campus – Economics

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The Kerala High Court has banned all forms of agitations by student groups on school and college campuses.

The Kerala High Court has issued this order while hearing a petition filed by 20 educational institutions against campus politics.
The High Court had prohibited campus politics in 2017 also but the decision was not implemented in the State.

The Court has imposed a ban on strikes in schools and colleges that impact the functioning of the campuses.
Educational institutions are meant for academic related activities and not protests.
However, these institutions can be made a venue for peaceful discussions.
There should not be any form of agitation that affects the academic atmosphere on campuses.
Right to education is a fundamental right (Article 21-A of the Constitution) and nobody has the right to violate that right.

Student wings of political parties consider that the verdict infringes upon fundamental rights (including Article 19(1)(a) – Right to Freedom of speech and expression).
Campus politics has a larger role in socializing students and instilling in them the values of democracy and secularism.
A student group is also a type of a Pressure Group.
A pressure group is a group of people who are organised actively for promoting and defending their common interest.
It is called so, as it attempts to bring a change in public policy by exerting pressure on the government.

Young people make up a huge proportion of the voting population so it is important that they have sufficient knowledge about political issues.
Politics makes students aware of their rights and the proper usage of their rights.
Young people have less understanding of government or democratic processes, participation in Politic enlightens them about these.
The college education is improved through college debates and free speech. If such activities are forbidden it leads to young minds being conditioned by the management politics instead of developing their own thinking.
Universities are nurseries for future politicians
Politics is a social science and its study through organized movements can create a sound administration.

Political discussions, political magazines, political association and political seminars inside the premises translates into lawlessness and disorder.
Educational institutes have become advertisers for a certain brand of politics within the campus and influence students through meetings and campaigns.
Certain hostile groups of students battling within the campus create chaos making the process of learning impossible.
Peace, health and morality and other values which constitute discipline are disturbed.
Student campaigns at the elite university in India’s are
financed by their national affiliates and they spend thousands which a complete waste of money and time and other resources.
Students’ groups are blank in ideology and does not address issues of national concern.
These students have to ultimately deal with problems at the national level – but they are woefully unequipped to do so.
The parties use their student wings during national and state elections, both for conventional canvassing and for more dubious purposes.