What you should know
After the incident at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in the Indian state of Odisha, Nepali students are returning home. However, the government of Nepal does not have the exact data of how many students went to the said university for studies and how many returned after the incident.
By Sunday evening, more than 300 students have returned home from four checkpoints. 301 students have arrived from Jhapa's Kakdvitta crossing, 36 from Belhia in Bhairahawa, 83 from Biratnagar's Jogbani and 162 from Birganj crossing.
Deputy Secretary of Ministry of Education Help Desk Raju Shrestha says that the Ministry of Education does not have data about how many students went to study at KIIT and how many returned after the incident.
According to him, only one complaint has been registered in this incident. He said that the parents requested that the students staying in different hostel blocks of KIIT should be accommodated in one. "The complaint has been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," he said.
Prime Minister, Minister and MP are speaking about the incident at KIIT. This matter has also entered the parliament. Parliamentarians and leaders are also writing something on social media about this issue. But, The state is neglecting to collect the data of the students staying in the university hostel and returning.
The government does not have a mechanism to regulate students who go to study in India without taking a 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC). However, when estimating the number of Nepali students in Indian educational institutions, it seems that many students go without taking NOC.
Every year around 5000 students go to India for higher education with the permission of Nepal government. Government officials say that the number of students who go to educational institutions in India without permission is more than that.
According to the Ministry of Education, 66 thousand students have taken NOC to study in different countries in 8 months of the current financial year. Out of that 4 thousand 373 students took NOC for India .
Due to the death of Nepali student Prakriti Lamsal in the university hostel and the subsequent situation, the university administration evacuated around 800 students from the hostel and left them stranded in the bus park and railway station.
After the Nepalese students started raising their voices for Lamsal's justice, the university administration used 'bouncers' and guards to beat them.
The mistreatment of students by the university administration is being condemned everywhere. Indian conscious citizens and media have also criticized it .
