One of India's top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its hostels. One of India's top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its hostels, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them reclusive and even suicidal. Authorities at the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them. "Now, a student doesn't even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the Internet," said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs. "The old hostel culture of camaraderie and socializing among students is gone. This is not healthy in our opinion." IIT-Mumbai, with about 5,000 students, is one of seven IITs across India which are considered to be among the finest engineering schools in the world. They are also a talent pool for global technology giants. But their exacting curriculum, tough competition and reclusive campus lifestyle have taken a toll on students. Depressive and dysfunctional lifestyles are known to be common among IIT students, and at least nine have committed suicide in the past five years. Students have unlimited free Internet access in their hostel rooms to help them in their studies, but many also use it to surf, chat, download movies and music, blog and for gaming. Starting Monday, Internet access will be barred between 11 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. at IIT-Mumbai's 13 hostels to encourage students to sleep early and to try and force them out of their "shells," Gopalan said. "There has been a decline in academic performance and also participation in sporting, cultural and social activities has gone down," he said. But the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated. "Now they will say we need to listen to a lullaby to go to sleep," said Rajiv, an electronics student. 點擊查看更多雙語新聞 (AP)

印度一家一流工科院校日前頒布了一項限制學生宿舍上網的規定，該學校稱，學生整日沉迷于上網、玩電腦游戲和寫博客，影響了他們的學習成績，并助長了他們內心的孤獨感和自殺傾向。 這所位于孟買的印度工學院的官員們稱，學生們不愿參加社交活動，很多人要么早上上課遲到，要么干脆在課堂上睡覺。 學生處處長普拉卡什·格帕蘭說：“現在，有的學生忙于上網，甚至不知道住在隔壁的同學是誰。” “互助友愛的宿舍文化已經一去不復返了。我們認為，這是個不健康的趨勢。” 擁有5000名學生的印度孟買工學院是印度七大工學院之一，這七所工學院國際知名，同時也是全球頂尖科技集團的人才庫。 但高難度的課程、激烈的競爭和“與世隔絕”式的校園生活嚴重影響了這些學生的身心健康。 沉悶、不正常的生活方式在印度工學院是一種普遍現象，在過去五年中，印度工學院至少有九名學生自殺。 規定頒布之前，學生們可以在宿舍里無限制的免費上網，但除了學習外，很多學生都利用這一便利上網沖浪、聊天、下載電影和音樂、寫博客或玩游戲等。 格帕蘭說，從（本）周一開始，學校在校內的13個宿舍實施限制上網措施，每晚11點至12：30這一時段網絡將被關閉，以此來鼓勵學生早睡、并試圖用這種辦法促使他們走出宿舍。 他說：“學生們的學習成績在下降，參加文體和社會活動的人也減少了。” 但這一舉措實施的并不順利，學生們說他們不喜歡自己的生活受管制。 電子系的學生拉吉維說：“現在我們得聽著搖籃曲入睡了。” （ 英語點津姍姍編輯）