Amid protests in several sectors in opposition to the RG Kar rape and homicide case, the West Bengal college schooling division has alerted all faculties of the state that protest marches can’t be held with school-going youngsters.
This comes days after three faculties acquired show-cause notices from the DI (District Inspector) of Howrah on Thursday for “involving” college students in protests. Nonetheless, college authorities claimed that the marches in query came about outdoors college hours and that the faculties had nothing to do with them.
Faculty college students won’t be able to take part in “any occasion outdoors the college campus,” as directed by the DI workplace of West Midnapore on Saturday — a suggestion that has been met with controversy.
The Commissioner for Faculty Schooling said within the letter, “The eye is once more drawn to the availability of part 71 of the precise of youngsters to Free and Obligatory Schooling Act, 2009… which prohibits bodily punishment and psychological harassment of youngsters at school. Additional, below Sub Rule 16 of Rule 4 of West Bengal Board of Secondary Schooling (Appointment, Affirmation, Conduct and Self-discipline of Lecturers and Non-Instructing Workers) Guidelines, 2018… no punishment will be inflicted on youngsters/college students which is barred below any regulation. (sic)”
It additional learn, “These provisions ought to once more be extensively circulated and delivered to the discover of all lecturers, non-teaching employees and others working in main/secondary faculties to make sure that these provisions are strictly adhered to and that no bodily torture/punishment or psychological harassment of the youngsters/college students takes place in faculties, below any circumstances. Additional, in reiterating the sooner orders, it’s said that schoolchildren must also not be allowed to take part in political programmes throughout college hours. These needs to be strictly adopted and any violation can be seen severely and motion can be initiated as per Guidelines.”
A protest march was organised, allegedly on the faculties, in Howrah on Thursday. After that, the DI (District Inspector) of Howrah gave discover to these faculties. Notices have been issued to Baluhati Excessive Faculty, Baluhati Ladies Excessive Faculty, and Baluhati Rajalakshmi Balika Vidyalaya on Friday.
Based on the DI workplace, youngsters’s rights have been “violated” by organising such processions in faculties. It’s also talked about within the discover that such a procession is “not protected”. The varsity authorities have been informed to elucidate inside 24 hours why “lecturers and college students” had marched or face motion.
Anjan Kumar Saha, teacher-in-charge of Baluhati Excessive Faculty, mentioned there was no procession through the college hour, and no instructor took half within the procession. He mentioned, “I don’t know why we have been requested as a result of the procession was taken out after 4:45, minutes after college acquired over. Ex-students took this initiative. Just a few present college students have been additionally current within the procession.”
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