Not to speak of their use, some of the colleges have even forbidden their students from carrying mobiles. A couple of years back school authorities of Notre Dame Academy seized the mobile phone from a Ckass-XI student and took disciplinary action against her. Though she then said that she was using it to talk to her younger brother as her grandmother was ill and parents had taken her to Delhi for treatment the school authorities did not accept her plea.

College authorities are, however, sure that the girls use these mobile phones to talk to their boyfriends and invite them over to the campus or its gates.

Magadh Mahila College principal Dolly Sinha recently told the Telegraph that there are 4,000 students in the college. If everyone keeps talking on the phone there will be utter pandemonium.

Sinha also said there is a phone booth on the campus and the office also has phones which the students are allowed to use. All departments also have phones and if parents want to contact their wards, they can easily call those numbers. So students have no need to carry cell phones on campus.

If a student is caught using a cell phone near the main building of the college, she is fined Rs 1,000. In Magadh Mahila College even teachers are not allowed to carry cellphones to class.

The fine amount on students carrying mobile phone in Patna Women’s College is Rs 500. Besides, the phone-set is seized.

Women’s College has a unique system of penalizing students. Those found with phones are also forced to spend a week in solitary confinement in the college library.

J D Women’s College principal Usha Singh said cellphones have been banned on campus as students often misuse them. However, many students are of the view that they are adults and should be allowed to use mobile.

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