College took ‘trainer’ at face value, didn’t verify claims

Coimbatore | Saturday | 14th July, 2018

Summary:

Since he was a person with physical disability, the principal asked him to just give a talk,” said a staff member. College principal N.

Mala admitted that the institution had engaged Arumugam’s services merely based on his letter. “When he arrived at the college, the principal asked for his ID card. But the college failed to check with Bharathiar University — to which it is affiliated — if the government was indeed conducting such programmes. Only 15 — 20 students took part in the rope-climbing session, as there was not enough time for all the students to try..