{"id":20161,"date":"2018-01-28T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=20161"},"modified":"2018-01-28T18:00:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T18:00:30","slug":"no-riding-on-bike-with-boys-college-tells-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/no-riding-on-bike-with-boys-college-tells-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"No riding on bike with boys: college tells girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No riding on bike with boys: Kerala college tells girls, then withdraws<br \/>\nWhile Mount Zion Law College claimed the advisory was based on the police\u2019s directives, the Pathanamthitta police have denied issuing any such directive.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mount_zion_notice-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mount_zion_notice-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mount_zion_notice.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Mount Zion Law College (left) ; Circular issued by Principal (right)<\/p>\n<p>Moral policing is hardly a new subject for many of India\u2019s colleges, which enforce rules from what women should wear to how male and female students should conduct themselves on and off campus. Now, a Kerala college has gone a step further, issuing a circular \u2018advising\u2019 girl students to avoid traveling on motorbikes and scooters with male students.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nClaiming that the circular was issued based on the police\u2019s directives, the principal of Mount Zion Law College in Kerala&#8217;s Pathanamthitta district states, \u201cThe Police Authorities have alerted the head of the educational institutions to discourage the tendency of girl students traveling in motor bikes and scooters with boys. Accordingly girl students are advised to desist from this practice. It has been noticed that some of the students who regularly use the college bus follow the above practice occasionally (sic).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the principal of the college in Kadammanitta came out with a clause that if girl students still wished to \u201cfollow this practice\u201d, they must get written consent from their parents. The circular dated January 11 also gives these female students the option of sharing their parents\u2019 contact number with college officials. This would allow college officials \u201cdirect enquiry\u201d on the matter with the concerned parents, states the circular.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nSpeaking to Deccan Chronicle, Paul Gomez, the principal of Mount Zion Law College had claimed that the notice was issued as per the directions of the police regarding the safety of pillion riders. The principal had also clarified that the college hasn&#8217;t restricted girl students from riding two-wheelers. <\/p>\n<p>However, the Pathanamthitta police has categorically denied issuing such a directive. This has now forced the college to withdraw the controversial circular. <\/p>\n<p>When TNM reached out to the principal, he said that the circular that was issued on January 11 was withdrawn after students opposed it.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nAsked why the circular was issued, Paul said that officials from an engineering college had told him about the &#8220;dangers of girl students traveling with boy students on two wheelers&#8221; and that had prompted him to come up with the rule.<\/p>\n<p>The principal, however, refused to comment on why he had changed his statement regarding the police advisory.<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No riding on bike with boys: Kerala college tells girls, then withdraws While Mount Zion Law College claimed the advisory was based on the police\u2019s directives, the Pathanamthitta police have denied issuing any such directive. 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