The decision of the management of the Salem Cooperative Sugar Mills Polytechnic College in Mohanur town in Namakkal district not to go ahead with admission for the first year course has drawn flak from different organisations.
The polytechnic college situated in the rural town of Mohanur was serving the youth of weaker sections of the surrounding villages for many years. However, no announcement was made on the admission procedure into the first year courses even after many days after the publication of the SSLC and Plus Two results.
This raised doubts among the local community and many organisations pleaded with the sugar mill management and the government to commence the admission procedure. But, all their pleas did not evoke any response.
Meanwhile, the members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) formed human chain in front of the polytechnic college on Sunday demanding the government to take over the management of the college and also admit students in the first year courses with immediate effect. The SFI sources said that the cooperative sugar mill management had informed the government in the past that it could not mobilise adequate financial resources for running the college and had sought government’s help. But, government did not respond. This only proved that the government was not interested in the welfare of the rural student community and was favouring private institutions. M. Vetrivel, district president of the SFI, led the human chain, which was inaugurated by A. T. Kannan, state vice president of the federation.
