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The students of Panjab University will now be evaluating the hostels provided by the university with respect to accommodation, food and security, along with other aspects. A feedback form has been distributed by the Panjab University Students Council among the hostel inmates for the same.
"Through these forms, students can evaluate their hostel on different parameters and can judge the performance of their wardens. They can also bring to the notice any anomaly they found and can suggest changes that they want in the administration," a member of PUCSC told.
"After going through these forms, we will submit them to the hostel wardens and top officials of the PU. This exercise will make the hostel warden more answerable and they have to submit their response to the VC (vice-chancellor) and DSW (dean students' welfare)," he added.
The 14 hostels of PU have provisions for accommodating 300 students. The hostel inmates have expressed delight in such an initiative.
"We appreciate this step and welcome it with open hands. Till now only three-four students, who most of the times work under the pressure of hostel wardens, were involved while making crucial decisions regarding hostel. But now it seems that we are following the right path," Mani Atwal, a student and a hostel inmate at PU, said.
Harmanjit Singh Deol, a research scholar, who is staying in a PU hostel for the last seven years, said: "We can compare it with Right to Information Act. These feedback forms certainly intend to bring positive change in the system."
