Many engineering college students are unhappy with new rules that will see their social media accounts being connected to that of their higher education institutes. As it is, there are a lot of disciplinary measures in college and we do not need monitoring on social media as well,” he said. The circular said the SMC must also connect with other colleges on social media apart from all social media accounts of their own students. They have to provide the college’s social media handles to the MHRD. “College managements will not pry into students accounts but only re-post achievements and positive experiences of students in the colleges,” a VTU official said.

Source: The Hindu July 16, 2019 18:45 UTC