THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Technical University Syndicate meeting has decided to issue a strict directive for the formation of Student Grievance Redressal Cell in all the colleges. This is based on the report of a two-member university committee that investigated the circumstances in which a female student committed suicide at an unaided engineering college in Kanjirapalli.

A university-level appellate committee will also be formed as per the government order. The phone numbers to contact the Appellate Committees should be displayed in the major places of the colleges. The functioning of the Internal Compliance Committee in the University and affiliated colleges will be streamlined. It has also been decided to implement a university-level counseling facility for all students.

The inspection revealed that many colleges have not formed a governing body, college council, college union, department staff association, and sports council as per the university statute. The Syndicate also decided to issue a strict directive that the Statutory Committees should be reconstituted in compliance with the University Act passed by the Legislature.