Skip to content
래깅

Image by congerdesign on Pixabay · Pixabay License

EntityQ3538128· pop 8· linked from 338 articles

Ragging is the term used for the so-called "initiation ritual" practiced in higher education institutions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The practice is similar to hazing in North America, fagging in the UK, in France, in Portugal, and other similar practices in educational institutions across the world. Ragging involves abuse, humiliation, or harassment of new entrants or junior students by the senior students. It often takes a malignant form, wherein the newcomers may be subjected to psychological or physical torture. In 2009, the University Grants Commission of India

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
bullying
Show 1 more fact
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Human rights

via Wikidata · CC0

Available in 8 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0