MARGAO: Clarifying on the video that went viral on social media of a security allegedly taking money from students for coming late, the Management of Our Lady of Rosary College has stated that this exercise was only initiated to instil discipline and punctuality among the student community.
The College management has also said that video was deliberately uploaded on social media to tarnish the image of the institution.
In the last few days, a video of the college security guard collecting Rs 50 at the gate in order to allow entry to late comers went viral on social media.
Responding to the issue, Fr Gabriel Coutinho, Administrator of the College told O Heraldo that it was really painful to see the image of the college getting tarnished.
“We initiated the exercise only to instil discipline among students. After observing that most students often came late to college, we imposed a fine on them so that they would fall in line. Their parents too were informed about the issue during the orientation day programme and only then it was implemented,” said Fr Coutinho.
Principal Prof Helic Barreto said that till the end of June, they tolerated late comers but fines were imposed lately.
“The money collected from the students was deposited in the college by the security and used to issue receipts. Our plan was to refund the money later. This exercise has resulted in most students coming on time and had dwindled the number of late comers,” Barreto informed
The Principal also stated that the only purpose of the exercise was too see that students should not miss classes as they have to maintain 75 per cent of attendance, according to Goa University rules.