School told to constitute Parent Teacher Association

August 13, 2011 05:09 pm | Updated 05:09 pm IST - KOCHI:

The Additional Munsiff Court has directed the Bhavans Vidya Mandir to constitute its Parents Teacher Association (PTA). Judge Anil K. Bhaskar was delivering the judgement on a petition filed by Bhavans Schools Parents Association.

Addressing the media here, Saji V. Nair, secretary of the Association, requested the Union and State governments to intervene for forming PTAs in all schools affiliated to CBSE and ICSE.

The court has also asked the school to call a meeting to elect the PTA representatives. When contacted E. Ramankutty, registrar, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, said that the Kendra committee would discuss the court order and decide whether to move higher courts.

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