Student's Unrest

Introduction:

Students of our time do not feel satisfied. We see that they are restless. They go on strikes on one pretext or the other. The problem of the students unrest is found in all developing countries. One country is no exception to it. The students strikes have assumed an alarming situation. We find that students have a long list of demands every day. They want to get them fulfilled. If their demands are not fulfilled, they go on strikes. Some of their demand s is real and genuine. However, most of them are ill founded.

The student strikes are the result of deep seated reasons. Nobody can favour them.In these strikes, the study work is suspended. They students collect and form a procession. They come out side the boundary of their institutions. They raise slogans. They abuse the policeman and throw stones at them. The public property is looted and the buses are burnt. The traffic is blocked. . In this way, they take the law in their own hands and cause trouble to the public. These strikes end into serious clashes. They are often charged by police. Sometime even precious lives are lost. These strikes have become a problem with every government.

Causes of students unrest:

Let us study the causes of the student unrest.

There are many reasons for student unrest:

Firstly:

Firstly, the student unrest is linked with our social and economic conditions. Social and economic values are rapidly changing. Unemployment, inflation the loss of moral and spiritual values are results of capitalism. These forces produce in our young men a sort of frustration. An educated person does not get a job after completion of his education. This is something to which he does reconcile. He has his own ambitions and desires to fulfill. When his ambitions and desires are not fulfilled, he becomes restless. This frustration travels to colleges and universities. The students are greatly influenced by it. They give an expression to this frustration by going on strike.

Secondly:

Secondly, students have to study very difficult and lengthy courses. They are not related to life. The students do not find interest in their books. They do not attend to their classes because they consider it a burden on their mind. They stay away from their classes and try to give themselves relief by going on strikes.

Thirdly:

Thirdly, some of their problems are quite real and need our attention. The transportation problem is at top. In the recent years, this problem has given birth to great unrest among students. The government cannot provide them sufficient number of buses. They have a few buses at their disposal. However the students have been given concession in the bus fare. This concession has not been properly utilized.

Fourthly:

Fourthly, the colleges and universities suffer from lack facilities in the field of sports and education. There is shortage of teachers, playgrounds, libraries and laboratories. These factors are responsible for the indiscipline among the students.