College regulations irks students in Mangaluru

A set of rules introduced by St Aloysius Pre University College here has stirred a controversy, sparking protest by students and on socialmedia against "imposing moral values".
The college had issued the directionsto students at an orientation class last week and the rulesand regulations were uploaded on socialmedia by a former student.
However, Principal Rev Fr Melwyn Mendonca denied discriminatory rules being enforced in the college as mentioned in the post.
The post, he said, was "far from true" andthe college authorities were contemplating filing a complaintto the cyber crime police.
Some of the rules and regulations mentioned in thepost included "no pubs and parties, no girl student could leave thecampus for lunch, girls should not visit boys of other classesduring breaks, mehndi could be applied only on palm and withprior permission from class guide, no high or low bun andno interaction between a single girl and a group of boys or asingle boy and a group of girls".

The Principal said the college had been conductingvalue education classes for students regularly and in a recent orientation class the students were asked to stick to the rules of the college pertaining to uniform, discipline anddecent behaviour.

The parents had been asking the collegeauthorities to keep a strict vigil on students after elopement of a student last year, he claimed.
"Even the parents are happy with rules. They have no objection to it. Admissions were increasing every year and it wouldn't have been possible if they are against the institution," he said.
He also claimed that the "restrictions" in his college wereless stringent compared to other PU colleges in the districtand were aimed at focusing the attention of the students onstudies and to inculcate moral values.

St Aloysius College, run by Jesuitspriests, is a co-education college functioning for the last 27 years.