Students of Telangana have started an online petition on Change.org demanding a ban on Sri Chaitanya and Narayana institutes. Started by Telangana Vidhyarthi Vedika, this petition is addressed to CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and education minister Kadiyam Srihari. The letter along with the petition suggests 47 children committed suicide in 2017 due to harsh conditions they had to go through because of the institutions.

Education means business Letter talks about inhumane treatment, gets over 900 signatures

Since it went online two days ago, the petition has got nearly 1,500 signatures till today. One section of the attached letter reads, "Students have to go through mental trauma and psychological unrest that pushing them for suicides. Nearly 18 students stay in the small single room. Only in 2017, there were some 47 students committed suicide in these two corporate colleges."

Action required Suggestions of Prof Nirada Reddy Committee not implemented, claim students

Troubled by student deaths, Andhra Pradesh government had formed a committee headed by M. Neerada Reddy to look into the matter. In its report, the committee used 'hijacked students' and 'concentration camps' to describe the conditions. One of the many suggestions of the committee was to give students recreation time. The online petition alleges none of the suggestions have been implemented by the colleges.

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