MUMBAI, Feb. 23: The Department of State has banned higher education, female students visit their homes male teachers. The mission follows a request unprecedented report, a teacher found guilty, sexually harassing a girl on the watch personnel Mumbai Kalina campus of the University.

City university, the reaction to the new order was mixed. “This is a ridiculous attitude by the state, as you can not run a global ban on the whole community of learning, because of a handful of teachers are bad. Take action against guilty , but not such generalizations unworkable, “said Amarjit Manhas, Member of the Senate Mumbai University.Professor Jeetendra Shah of VJTI common Manhas’. “Although I have yet to see the newsletter in our college is a tragedy, now that those rules should be made. Is the first sign of decline of religious master-pupil relationship, and the police is not a solution for the social problem, “said Shah.

But Principal Kadam ofBhavan DB’s College (Andheri), and supports the new rules. “The main guiding principles in the aforementioned circular - as the most important should be immediately after receiving a written request for a harassment complaint - that the increase in cases of molestations and colleges. That’s why I I sense it is correct to go a step More girls and the prohibition of visits by their teachers at home, “he said.

Main RT Sane by Ramnarain Ruia College agreed. “Although the circular is still to reach our school, I agree that students should be discouraged houses of their professors. Admit I do not mind my daughter, a teacher at home to study,” he said.

The vice-chancellor of the University of Mumbai, Dr Snehalata Deshmukh, also felt that students should be courageous enough to ask questions in class. “The power of the majority of teachers in the staff room, in order to dispel any doubts,” remarked.

Students, on the other hand, are rather amused. “Normally, it is chamcha only species that occur in institutions theirprofessors think they still exist in private and more brands and teachers are sometimes the benefits of these students, especially in the civil engineering and medical universities . in this bulletin is in the right direction “Says a girl student of Somaiya Medical College.An Sydenham FYBCom student at the University of Economy and Trade, Namrata Bhawnani, said that the ban on young people want their teacher, “places. “Normally, if such a regulation does On paper,” she says sceptical.

Talk to Express Line News, on Monday, Deputy Secretary (Higher Education) SB Chindarkar, said: “We had a discussion in this bulletin to all educational institutions in the state as we went to several complaints sexual harassment of various schools in the region. ”

On the question of how such a ban can be misuse of authority, Chindarkar (the newsletter focuses its signature), said the decision was made after extensive interviews with officials of education, vice-chancellor and vice-chancellor.

Some theother guidelines in the circular are more important than the need to take urgent measures, including on the smallest hint of more that the character of a teacher, and that the report should be sent, the joint director of higher education.