{"id":116810,"date":"2021-08-05T16:33:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T23:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=116810"},"modified":"2021-08-05T16:33:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T23:33:24","slug":"the-menace-called-the-jvp-why-has-no-government-chased-them-out-of-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/08\/05\/the-menace-called-the-jvp-why-has-no-government-chased-them-out-of-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"The menace called the JVP \u2013 why has no government chased them out of universities?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ShenaliJVPA.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>People\nhave followed ideologies and their leaders but there has been no party that has\nbeen this disruptive &amp; destructive of a country\u2019s progress. While everyone\nhas every right to choose their political ideology\/principles etc, when a party\ninfiltrates and influences the cream of the future, it is cause for concern.\nJust as we question these mischief makers, we are also pointing fingers at\nsuccessive governments &amp; the university system for not dealing with the issue\nfor the betterment of the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why\nhas our university education deteriorated over the years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why\nare our university students more interested in demonstrating &amp; protesting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\nhave they given back to the nation for the free education they have received?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How\nmany of these protestors and mischief makers are employed as lecturers within\nthe university system &amp; underground fueling the chaos?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How\nmuch of this ideological influence has penetrated to university education\nultimately dissolving the talents of the talented that enter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How\nmany non-JVP end up JVP because of no choice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How\nmany of them have destroyed their future taking a path that has led them\nnowhere?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nJVP is the richest political party in Sri Lanka \u2013 how a presumed Marxist party\ncan become the richest political party collecting money from tin cans is\neverybody\u2019s question, but it also clearly identifies JVP as the hired\nMan-Friday during elections. The funds suffice for political parties to use the\nJVP underground systems and people to do the campaign for the likely winning\ncontender or likely opposition contender. All depends on the auction. There is\nlittle to argue against this notion as JVP role in helping every government\nthat has come to power is clear in its own campaign slogans &amp; statements of\nits leaders. However, people who earn their own living have every right to\nchoose the political party &amp; ideology they wish to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lankaweb-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tQjfKK49xC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/04\/30\/ending-jvps-role-as-political-prostitute-ruining-the-futures-of-the-youth\/\">Ending JVP\u2019s role as Political Prostitute &#038; ruining the futures of the Youth<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Ending JVP\u2019s role as Political Prostitute &#038; ruining the futures of the Youth&#8221; &#8212; LankaWeb.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/04\/30\/ending-jvps-role-as-political-prostitute-ruining-the-futures-of-the-youth\/embed\/#?secret=F7Efmle4rk#?secret=tQjfKK49xC\" data-secret=\"tQjfKK49xC\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nsame yardstick, however cannot be applied to university students \u2013 90% coming\nfrom rural homes and entering a new environment &amp; habitat foreign from the\nhumble lifestyles they led and the simple lives they lived. Enveloping these\nignorant and innocent have been peanuts even to some lecturers whose characters\nare best left for another topic altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nthe face of these opportunists and influencers the life of a talented flower\nends up going waste and the child ends up nothing that his\/her parents aspired\nthem to become. No parent overjoyed that their child has entered university\nwishes to see them picketing on the streets when there are many more things to\ndemand within the university premises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\nknow how many innocent students fell victim to ragging \u2013 the type of ragging\ntaking place cannot be written. Hiring houses for ragging, physical and sexual\nhumiliation are just some of the ghastly ordeals students have had to endure\nall in the name of \u2018welcoming\u2019 the new batches. Any student who wants to\ntorture can get a transfer to the prison. Any student abusing the rights of\nanother student should be dismissed. The university authorities must define and\nmake clear what is ACCEPTABLE RAGGING and anyone indulging in any acts beyond\nthis has to be immediately expelled or transferred to a Raggers University\nwhere the state can have these raggers have a go at each other and do no harm\nto innocent students! Obviously these miscreants know they will not get\nemployment in any corporate sector and state sector may also find them taboo\nunless under influence they get a job \u2013 so what is their future likely to be \u2013\njoining the JVP political wing? This circular curse cannot continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\ndo not need to tell the university apparatus how simple it is to catch the\nculprits who abuse &amp; indulge in ragging and torture \u2013 it does not require\ngazettes or Parliamentary Bills. Why are the culprits not thrown out? Why are\nthese culprits in university for years holding positions and not passing out?\nThrowing out the mischief makers no sooner they are found guilty of malpractice\nis the easiest way to drain the swamp and the university can easily create the\nconducive environment for studies enabling the students to find their talents\n&amp; infuse a mentality of not learning to demand only. The JVP infiltration\nin the university has created a bunch of university pass-outs who think jobs\nhave to be offered no sooner they pass, pensionable salaries must be given and\nthe state has to continue to molly-cuddle them. This mentality has to change\nand the university system is tasked not just to lecture but to create students\nwho are keen to apply what they learn to raising the nation and in turn raising\nthemselves. It is when a student is able to showcase his\/her ability, that\npeople become aware of his\/her talents and necessary funding or assistance is\ngiven. Simply shouting on street corners and demanding only, is not going to\nget them anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having\ncome from rural homes, these students must realize that it is the scoring\nsystem that has enabled them to get an edge over other students from urban\nareas who not only sat the same exam but scored higher than them. While these\nhigh mark scorers are not able to enter universities, low scoring students from\nrural areas are given the chance to enter. They should not spoil this chance.\nIt is also noteworthy that these students may lack the finesse that is\ngenerally accepted for work environments, however there are plenty of\ncorporate, state and even voluntary assistance to help these students with soft\nskills. More are likely to come forward if the university system get rid of the\nJVP and its branches operating inside the universities ruining the lives of\ntomorrow\u2019s future generations. With JVP forced out and the universities given\nroom to bring out the talents of students, more people are likely to come\nforward to assist these students for they know that the soft skill services\noffered by them will not go in vain and end up as a street protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So\nthe biggest question is why are every government not taking the bull by the\nhorns?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why\nare they approaching this issue in a knee-jerk attitude?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly,\nthe government must realize that the assets of the nation are the children and\nits young adults. No nation wants to see a bunch of ruffians brainwashed to\npicket. We cannot watch until the JVP finds space even inside schools.\nTherefore, the government must come up with a national plan which doesn\u2019t\ngather dust after elections and lies at the bottom of the files of the\nEducation Minister and the University big wigs. Is it that none of them are\ninterested to resolve this problem or do they wish it to continue? Do they not\nwant to see our talented youth go far. We are yet to have a R&amp;D se up in\nSri Lanka brought to the level of foreign universities that can present annual\npapers for different issues prevailing in Sri Lanka. There is so much that the\nuniversities and the students can do and there are enough and more talented\nyouth able to do \u2013 the problem is a bunch of rascals are not allowing them to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\nails the universities in Sri Lanka? we all know the answer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is\nthe problem unsolvable? No<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why\nis it not being solved? Who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should\nit be solved? Of course<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When\nwill it be solved? Anyone\u2019s guess<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\nthe clock is ticking and we should not idle any longer, unless we want to see a\nbunch of rioters everyday extending even to schools!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shenali D Waduge People have followed ideologies and their leaders but there has been no party that has been this disruptive &amp; destructive of a country\u2019s progress. While everyone has every right to choose their political ideology\/principles etc, when a party infiltrates and influences the cream of the future, it is cause for concern. 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