Four children have been forced to attend their school here in humiliation after the private institution allegedly cut off tufts of hair on top of their heads. This was done to reportedly distinguish these children, admitted under the Right to Education (RTE) quota, from other students. This shocking fact was disclosed here on Tuesday.
According to the parents of these children, all in standard I in the school at Nandini Layout, the children admitted under the RTE quota are made to stand separately during the assembly and their lunch boxes are checked before they enter their class. They allege that the names of their wards have not been entered in the attendance register. The school reportedly makes them sit in the back benches and they are not given any homework.
Incidentally, this school is part of the Karnataka Unaided School Managements’ Association (KUSMA) that is vehemently opposed to implementation of the RTE quota of 25 per cent in city schools. Several schools under KUSMA, including this one, remained closed for the second day as part of the association’s weeklong protest against implementation of the RTE.
Tulasi said she was shocked on seeing her daughter’s hair when she returned from school on Friday evening. “We went to the school to enquire why our children were treated this way. However, the school had no convincing response,” she said.
Nayaz Pasha, another parent, said the management claimed that other children might have cut off their children’s hair. “When we asked them why our children were not given neckties or belts, like the other children, the teachers asked us to raise these issues at the monthly parent-teacher meeting. However, over the past one-and-half-months, we have not been called for any meeting,” he claimed.
The former Karnataka Minister, B.T. Lalita Naik, told The Hindu that the private school was perpetuating a new form of untouchability by cutting off the students’ hair. “This is inhuman, and children are being traumatised. It is clear that these private schools do not want children from poor and backward communities. There is no equality in education imparted in these schools.”
Ms. Naik said a few progressive leaders had submitted a complaint against the school to Tushar Girinath, State Project Director of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. It would be forwarded to Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweswara Hegde Kageri. “We were told that Mr. Girinath has sought the school’s response within 15 days.”
M. Gopalakrishna, Block Education Officer, North 1 division, said the jurisdictional Deputy Director of Public Instruction received a complaint from the parents of these children on this incident, and also a counter complaint from the management about “harassment” by members of a local organisation. The department was not able to investigate the matter as the school was closed as part of the weeklong protest.
Kumar G. Nayak, Principal Secretary, Department of Education, maintained that if the incident had taken place, it was a violation of the RTE. “The RTE clearly states that children admitted under quota should not be discriminated against. We will initiate action after an enquiry...”
Though the school was not available for comments, A. Mariyappa, KUSMA secretary, responded: “If it is true, it is wrong. Schools should not discriminate against the children. We will enquire into the issue. If it is true, we will initiate action against the school management, even though they are members of our association.”
Keywords: Right to Education, RTE quota, Bangalore school discrimination, Nandini Layout, Karnataka Unaided School Managements’ Association
Dear Sankaran, the caste system is not just harsh, it is wrong and it is illegal. I don't give a toss about what a 2000 year old book says about how we should live. The Indian constitution is supreme and that alone decides how we should organise our life.
It's punishable...! Violation Of RTE Act., The Karnataka Govt., Have to
Cancel The School's License., Then only It'l be the Good lesson to the
all other schools In India.
I really feel for those kids and their parents RTE law passed by Supremecourt is just like any other law in india which get on the books without being implemented by Private sector... Greed of private schools will never implement this law.
My prayers with kids and will wish them luck :)
We all studied from our teachers that every child is entitled of getting a better education. Seeing what KUSMA is doing things become very clear that unless you pay money and dance to their tunes they won't harm any child.
When the time is right these EDUCATIONISTS are not agreeing to give admission to poor children. On other hand they say poverty must be eradicated.
THIS IS A CASE WHERE RIGHT HAS BECOME ABSOLUTELY WRONG FOR THIS ORG
It was sad but not surprising that a private school should treat
children from deprived section in an inhuman way. In the context where
the character of private schools is basically commercial and profit
making they are incidentally educational institutions. Finally, such
cruelty and dishonor of children and the working classes is bound to
happen when the government tries to shirk its constitutional and
fundamental duty to provide education of equitable quality to all
children in schools run on public funding and attempts to outsource
the responsibility to unwilling and unworthy actors.
Although it sounds harsh, separation of castes is good for the society. This is what kanchi Periyava says in Deivathin Kural and Lord says in Vedas and Gita.People can ignore Varna Dharma at their own peril.
Most of the leaders in all the political parties in Karnataka are
Backward and Other Backward Class.Should they not feel ashamed of what
happened in such schools.They must join together leave apart the party
line and fight for the social justice.What crime the innocent kids
committed,only were born to socially and economically backward and Dalit
parents.I have a Whether the RTE boosts the deprived class and degrades
them?
There are very few things that make one ashamed to be part of the human
species. This I guess is one such instance.
Punishing these people is of no use -- all we can do is hang our heads
in shame.
Aren't they(who did this) educated ? This should be treated as crime against children @ institutions. These small kids could well be architects of India's future but its sad that we are providing such experiences to them. It could well be a scar on their memory. The concerned people should understand the importance of this issue and act accordingly inorder to avoid such incidents in the future. Otherwise these children will be far from proper and quality education.
RTE is good initiative but bad implementation. Let Govt spend this money to improve the Govt schools. But Govt should concentrate on improving the existing Govt school infrastructure and teaching personals. You can't expect the business man to do charity for the sake of RTE. This will unnecessarily affect the innocent children. For ex. One school in Bangalore sends the children to tour of Europe for picnic. Personally I can't afford and so will not send my kids to this school. If you admit your kids to such kind of schools you will spoil your happiness and also you kid will suffer.
this is inhuman. such people should be prosecuted for voilation of fundamental rights.
What did the little kids do? I can't believe it. I can't live in a
country that sows such seeds.
IS RTE act going to be a boon or a bane? The teachers lay a foundation and prepare children for working together in a team (cooperative/collaborative learning), then why such differentiation? We cannot blame today's youth of becoming insensitive towards society. Schools are changing their thought process.
Excellent points by Archana and R. Manivarmane (above). We have to
change our behaviour totally. Unacceptable. Hindu, please publish the
principal's name and the teachers who have done this despicable act.
Shame on this school.
These people have to be punished for this insane behaviour. In our country there is no strict rule for any of the mistakes that is why people dare to do all these things. In olden days people who have done mistakes they were punished by shaving off their hair and they were made to sit on a donkey and the procession will be done in whole city to show everybody that this person has done this mitake and other people dont dare to do this. Until we have a strict law our country will never change. We should all raise our voice to fix the system.
Someone mentioned school management should be sacked - I disagree, they should be stoned and paraded in public for such atrosity. I am disgusted to hear (and ashamed to call myself an Indian) that the very teaching community who should instill values and morals to their students are stooping such levels to make money...they are no different than the medical (apologize to the honest ones...but majority is reality) or political communities.
Why do we have private schools in the first place? Because government schools in general are worthless. So instead of fighting for quotas in private schools, dalits or untouchables should be demanding the government to improve state run scools.
such school must be boycotted ...teachers must be punished with similar
kind of treatment....what kind of moral values student should get from
such teacher.....i dont know how we can dream of becoming world power
with such unequality in daily life?
A severe punishment will definitely act as deterrence and send message
to others to behave.But we keep electing criminals to run our country
and we cannot expect them to run this country in a just way.
This is very shocking. Think of the impact on the mind and brain of the poor kids. The discrimination will have a life long impact on these 4 children. The teachers are supposed to show the path of peace & justice and social equality. But such discrimination should be punished. The distt. authorities can take suo-motto action based upon 'the hindu's" current report.
The story reminds me of the Bantu Education Act of 1953 (South Africa), where
under the white rule, a separate system of education was devised for black
children. Class differentiation is even worse than the racial discrimination of the
apartheid regimen. Even more frightening is the impunity, which comes with this
blatant act of injustice. It is difficult to qualify and quantify the trauma through
which these tender minds have gone.
It appears that the school aimed to appease its high class, high caste clientele
which must have surely been dismayed by the inclusion of these children.
Consumerism can only thrive if it serves its clients well and this act of the school
against the "wretched of the earth" appears to be a classical case of one. If this is
the kind of ‘education’ our schools aim to give, we are slowly but surely treading
the path to self destruction.
we can easily understand what law and order mean to that schools?if
schools are doing these kind of things,what they are teaching to their
students directly or indirectly????this is more shameful because it is
happening in bangalore which is having image og global city in india.
I understand that this was a attempt by the school to oppose the
implementation of RTE to private unaided schools.But It was not the
children's fault that the RTE was implemented,why punish them?
Why are all the comment makers obsessed with this particular charade
A little compromise by the private schools and some govt
collaboration can go a long way in closing the gaps of illiteracy and
discrimination in India.It is just like paying some extra taxes to the
govt in a non monetary way,which should not be "mission impossible".
The govt is not totally unjustified in expecting the private schools
to do away with a small percentage of their not very negligible
profits for the Greater Good in helping the govt to fulfill their
obligation.But charity cannot be forced,can it?
This statement is absolutely true"In India we have a very good
policies,the only problem is implementation and execution." and it is
the very duty of every citizen to change it in the near future of the
country.
Govt need to sensitize the teachers and school administration about consequences of this treatment towards poor children.And this can't be expected from teachers.What kind of society they are going to create? it is completely unethical,unconstitutional and unacceptable.
Education is becoming business, this trend will create an inferior
complexity in the hearts of bright students belonging to economically
backward classes!
Shame on the school and management that has done this...Shame on the teachers for discriminating those children...
When I read these kind of stories from Indian newspapers I feel like
we are prejudice to every one that walks on earth.These teachers who
involved in this crime should be punished.The center govt.should close
this school and send every one to jail and let them clean the
toilets as probation.But in India this will be another forgotten
story in two weeks.IN TIME DHARMA WILL PREVAIL.
Very Very Strongly condemn this act by the School. The parents of other
children should withdraw their kids from such value less schools, which
deter the development of a kid. Government should take strong action so
that it deters other educational institutions from indulging in similar
acts across the country.
If the government is serious about implementig the provisions of the RTE act, such a
Situation will never arise. A recent study has revealed that the majority of the schools
Have not implemented the act. This institution has really insulted the government and
The govt cannot play the role of a silent spectator to such heinous acts. The nation
Expects the govt to take strong measures to help the mental growth of young children. If
such discrimination continues, the aggrieved children will develop animosity towards elders
and the society, and they will develop anti social attitudes from such bitter experience.
C.P.Chandra Das
Nothing wrong about forcing the RTE law. It is wrong on this School's part to discriminate these kids. Those who are responsible for this act should be punished and the School's management should be completely changed.
It's a shame that an institution like school which is responsible for inculcating the right value system and nurture the growth of its pupil fully is discriminating these children. And imagine the kind of harm that this act of humiliation will have on the minds of these little ones.
immediately,who has done undiscipline with innocent childrens and suspend the teacher from service and make a FIR on them. dear citizens please raise your voice for justice justice justice
Did we say untouchability is not in India? This is not the India we want
to be.
I am not sure if it is feasible to punish the perpetrators of such an inglorious act in a country like ours. I would just hope or rather pray that the children do not understand the crime comitted against them and that this incident does not influence their studies.
This is just a representation of our society.
We know that it happens in our houses, offices, in our neighborhoods and everywhere. I'm in IT industry I know what happens here.
I feel sorry for the kids and I think they should get bravery award as they could at least make some noise about the injustice. We just keep quite.
I was thinking we as Indians are making progress. We want to eliminate caste system and any other kind of discrimination prevailing in our society. But time and again we proof this thing NO, we are not. We want to discriminate. We want a divided society. We don't want to develop a healthy and fun childhood. We want to sow seeds of hatred, discrimination in our younger generation. I still can't understand how can, how can somebody do this. We are left with no shame, no honor, just greed, corruption. Who will save this country now. People think themselves above law and policy. We lost all our moral responsibility. Very sad and hurt.
It is appalling that discrimination in one form or the other prevails in our society, with the educated ones perpetuating such evil. The motif of RTE Act would be defeated if the schools follow the rules only due compulsion and not as an act of offering the gift of education to all.
How is closing down the school a solution? What did the other children
of the school, who had no part to play in this do, to suddenly be
denied of going to their institution? The authorities and staff who
allowed this and instrumented this barbaric act are the ones who need
to be acted on. This is a point in case not just to see if any action
is being taken or not, but also a learning/note of caution for those
framing the RTE in managing repercussions of the Act itself.
They should have issued the School's name. This is happening in the
India which has a so called democracy. This is truly against childrens'
right; this is utterly inhuman.
The newspapers have not only the duty to give us the news but also to
give us the news in such a way that would enable us to take an action
against it.
No words for people who had done this & who support this,they do not deserve to be part of the society,Only stringent actions over such behaviour can stop this.If this time they are let off than the same will be repeated some where else.
Only punishment can cure such sociopath of human society.
Action need to be taken against the school authorities according to law.
However, I observe that some who have commented don't seem to have a very accurate picture of RTE at all.
1. They think that people seats through quota are *poor*. Not true at all. The total 25% quota is divided into two categories; 1.poor and 2. disadvantaged. In the section for disadvantaged, people of certain castes are given seats. In some states, there is a low income limit for this section(Maharashtra), some states the income limit is high(Karnataka), and some states have no income limit at all(Tamil Nadu). So, to say that people who have got seats are poor is grossly incorrect
2.People who get seats in quota(even though they might be rich) pay no fees and are subsidized by others not getting seats through quota(possibly not rich)
3.This law treads into private domain. Who knows tomorrow, reservation in private companies might be introduced?
4. Not applicable to minority schools.Are they not altruistic?
First this KUSUMA should be vanished and second thing even Governoment want to keep this association then Governoment should limit the fee structure else it is pure buisiness!!! and parents are fools to send kids to these kind of schools....
this clear slap on the face of govt and their policies. Sad very sad. school and involved person should be penalized and must face the inquiry of the matter.
Ridiculous, the principal and teachers who have acted to be penalized
and should pay compensation for putting the little children into
physical and mental trauma. They should be thrown out of management and
teaching profession.
Hindu should have given both the Institution name and name of the Person
who feels he has done a great thing.
shame to see such things in schools .
Education has became a business which is losing it's value.
RTE has been implimented in many countries and the government is giving free education to all the children irrespective of poor or rich.at least indian government if not able to provide free education to children should not give a chance to establish such educational institutions.
Outrageous!
The school reflects the society's mindset and is not just one
mis-fit on our canvas. It is sad to see comments that are
targeted outwards and do not have a single reflection to how we
behave in our homes, communities and public spaces.
We all practice untouchability, segregation and discrimination without being conscious of it. We accept it as part of our culture and society. Then how can we just blame the school?
How many schools are egalitarian, secular and non-discriminating? More so when run by religious organisations or the elite? It is our responsibility as citizens and parents to ensure that RTE is implemented effectively. We should talk to the schools our kids go to and support them to part in the RTE. Also make our kids aware of it.
I am not at all surprised about this activity in on e of the world most immoral and corrupted country. When we discrimnate people in all walks of life based on their religion, dress code, caste , economic prosperity even for the basic needs such as health care, this is part and pracel of our disgusting Indian society. If you want the life otherway round please emigrate to a civilised country, wher even the prime minister is not above the law. If you want to live in this country shut up and put up with these kind of deplorable act.
I feel too ashamed to look at the picture again!
This is a new kind of apartheid against poor children. I just can't
imagine the mental imbalance these so called School Management has in
their mind. I strongly recommend very strict action.
One is grateful to The Hindu for bringing the issue into focus. People
from lower caste/class are subjected to all kinds of indignities by
the society. It is sad that young minds are polluted by such inhuman
treatment at the school. One has read a story that Meghnad Saha the
great physicist while residing in The Hindu Hostel Calcutta, had to
wait for all upper caste students to finish their dinner first before
having his food. That was in the last century; what is surprising is
the same mentality still prevails. Like the RTE, we need a law fro
RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE, whereby 25 percent of beds in all private
hospitals were reserved for the poorer section.
One hopes that the HINDU will follow up the story and keep readers
informed of the action taken against the recalcitrant teachers
/management.
If the underlying principle of teaching is "igniting young soul" so that they can light the society ,then no doubt the school not only did some despicable act but also has devastated some young invaluable mind in the bud .It is horrible to see some students from the higher echelon of the society & likely to play important role when grow up begins their journey with learning devoid of morality & ethics .Perhaps this is one of the classic example which differentiates well educated from the well trained. perhaps it is the influence of the capitalistic economy where "nothing is for free ",the words "morality ,ethics, humanity, honesty" find their way to some ancient religious text & the incident in hand is just the tip of the iceberg
The entire school management staff should be sacked. And none of them should be allowed to be part of any educational institution in future.School is the place where children should learn the values of respect and tolerance. But this school if it continues to run by the current staff will inculcate inhumanity and untouchability in the minds of childern and thus in our society.
Before reading this article I was in serious dilemma that education was
the only way to uproot all kind of discrimination and poverty from
India, now I can aver I was categorically wrong. I think this kind of
practice shows the need of implementation of harder rules if we wanna
provide all children with good education. It becomes even more important
when it's done by clique of mentors, who are assumed to give good ideas
to innocent children. A strong action should be taken right away to
teach a lesson to the board of rest of the schools.
Wow. And we thought we had seen the worst! Where is India going. School itself is bullying its students and breeding hatred and discrimination within its walls. Shame on all of us for even letting those management tyrants believe that they can get away with all this in society!!! If there is ANY justice in this country the school's affiliations must be revoked and its management put behind bars! If any of the teachers of this school are reading this, let me tell you: you are a public shame. Stop teaching and hide your faces at home please. p.s. Why dont we see the name of the school made public in this report? I trust The Hindu will not hide teh identity of criminals in its news reports. Why yes, they ARE criminals.
we should not consider this kind of discrimination as a one-off incident. this may
prevail in other private institutions as well. A constant vigil should be on all schools on
how they treat pupils. Teachers should be told to inform any kind of discrimination
being practiced in the school to the education department. An awareness campaign
about the provisions of RTE should be conducted not only to the parents but also to
the teachers in the school.
I am shocked after reading this story. I request the state government to take action against the school management. Government should be serious about such heinous crimes so that no other person can dare to repeat them in future.
first of all I would like to say, to all schools that RTE is not a quota.
It is a individual,social and state responsibility to educate all the children between age group of 6 to 14 years.The self proclaimed advanced educational institutions should first configure itself in these periphery of self realized social and moral obligations.And act as a place where different social thoughts(slum, rural and urban)integrate itself and become coherent to make a unified part of the society.
If this was a movie, the offenders would have their heads shaved and paraded on donkeys facing backwards! Sadly, this is real life and I am saddened by this apartheid within India.
Govt. must intervene and close the school. The kids must immediately be transfered to other schools. Untouchability is not eradicated in India. As long as human life exists untouchability will continue to exist. Life imprisionment is the best punishment for this kind of acts. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam dreams about Developed India 2020. At this rate how will this country develop. Who is going to compensate for the fear that is created in the innocent minds. Even God cann't save this country.
I guess even if parents wants to pull out their kids from such a school
most would be unable to because of the steep donations and lack of other
options. Cant think of my kids learning lifes values in such a place.
I can't believe that there are no 'teachers' in that school, who feel convicted to stand for what is right, and especially when it involves children. The cutting of hair? what sort of primitive segregation is this? I think there should be serious and immediate effective laws implemented when it comes to matters involving children.
This looks like a open-shut case. The school management, the school principal, and the class teachers should be jailed for a week. That will be a lesson for them as well as others.
the kids of this age are mature enough to identify who had done this to them. Authorities have to ask them and show the perpetrators what it takes to do such a cheap and inhuman thing to kids.
Imparting good values is the foremost responsibility of Schools rather than giving good Knowledge. This is not only a discrimination but reviving untouchabilty and violation of human rights. Government should not hesitate to take action against these peoples.
When everything is calculated in terms of P/L and everybody is interested in balance-sheet and money, these will continue to happen. Unless the education changes and moral is taught, nothing will change.
Such mean minded teachers should be removed from the society.
A shameful incident indeed. Strict action should be taken against the school authorities. Private schools would never be able to impart impartial education to students admitted under the RTE quota. Only fear of punishment and action can force them to follow proper methods. The Government should have thought over this before implementing the policy. But the in the big picture its still the Govt.'s fault as instead of improving upon the infrastructure and teaching standard at the Govt owned schools it has forced its responsibilities upon private schools which are fully capitalistic and business-minded.
school is no more a worship place,it is a business.Teachers have forgotten their ethics and values,Now a days money is supreme.we are yet not come over the with the problem of untouchability with SC/ST's and another problem has aroused.The goverment should closed these schools and also raise the standard of govt. and municipality schools to tackle these problems in a best way.
Apart from the management the teachers who have obeyed the "commands"
from their bosses are also to be blamed. But observe one thing, in
Tamilnadu the entire govt school teachers educate their children in
private schools only. Working in govt schools and getting the best
salaries but denigrating the same institutions. There is no ethics or
law in our society.
Pure sickness.How can such teachers teach something good to
students.Where is this country going.Management must be punished under
worst case human rights violation.
This is nothing short of a new form of untouchability. There are clear
violations of the fundamental rights of the kids. Any issues the schools
have towards the RTE should be fought with through proper channels. I
wonder why the name of this school is not released.
In India we have a very good policies, the only problem is implementation and execution. It is specifically written in RTE Act that "All the students enrolled through this act will be treated at par with other other students in the school". But who is there to check whether this clause is followd or not. This flaw is not there in only this policy, it is there in almost all the policies which are framed for helping the disadvantaged.
Unless there is "accountability for implementation", we are only wasting the tax payer's money and nothing else.
This shameful act is because the State has failed to provide quality education to all through government schools. Many developed countries do not have private schools. Everyone, poor or rich, black or white, attends the same school. Why can't we have the same system here? Until late 70s, most govt. schools functioned well; private schools were very few. Educated parents (particularly grand parents) visited these schools periodically. Why did we kill this system?
From this barbaric incident,the government must ensure that the schools
and private management should willingly accept this RTE as well as
regular supervision should be conducted on these institutions.If
anything goes wrong then severe punishments like canceling of licenses
should be executed.Request to the editor:Can you please reveal the
identity of the school who did this illhumoured activity?I dont find any
valid point of hiding their identity.
This is most devastating news. The so called EDUCATIONISTS [!] who run private & self-financing educational institutions openly and deliberately defy the orders of the Government with regard to RTE. The Government machinery which should act swiftly to make sure that the orders are implemented in true spirit turn a blind eye to appease the powerful lobby of those EDUCATIONISTS. This barbaric act of discriminating the poor and socially marginalised children is punishable and those perperterators of this heinous crime should be broght to book to prevent such atrocities in future. Are the authorities listening or in deep slumber?
if any one from govt. of India has little shred of embarrassment ,put
all school staff behind the bar to cool their heels ,otherwise such
things will be keep happening .It is the need of hour to nip them in the
bud today itself.so that others should not even think off to do such a heinous crime. examples need to be set.
Can some good soul in banglore or whereever this incident occured pls request the parents of the children to register a complaint of untouchability against the principal and get that person arrested pls
This is troubling. These officials are talking about this act being against RTE. No this is action is not against RTE. I'll bet there is no congnisable offense in RTE of this nature. This is plain and simple criminal offense. If those involved are SC/ST then appropriate laws also should be invoked. If minorities are involved then those laws also should be invoked. Preventing access to school may be against RTE but this is cutting of hair. Nobody can physically abuse a child and getaway with it.
Children are the person who will decide our country future.If the educational institutions are doing this type of thing to children means they are indirectly doing harm to our country.donot leave such type of persons.immediately they have to be punished.
Unbelievable!
The "teachers" must bear the biggest burden of this horror. If they consented to this and have any sense of shame at all, they must give up this vocation. They shame the whole profession beyond redemption. They have just lost every right to put themselves in a role we hold as God-like in our society. The correct words to describe them would be those prohibited in a decent forum. Disgusting scum.
Seriously why isn't the school's name made public? Why does the Hindu publish the photos of the kids as opposed to the Principal of the school? I am with Chandru (comment above)---this is horrific enough that we must ensure that the school management does not get off with a legal rap on the knuckles. Can the management be booked under child abuse laws? Can the school be closed down for good, with the children being transferred elsewhere? Is any NGO going to the schools and talking to the children about this?
A very disgusting action on part of the school. Feel very sorry for the kids who have
been scared for their life. However, I do not support RTE being imposed on private
schools. Government has full right to impose this rule on schools that receive
government funding. Well, there are many government schools across India...how
about making sure there is one in every community having certain number of people
and that provides good education. How about monitoring the quality of education in
government schools and making sure school/people are doing their job instead of
imposing duties on private schools what government schools are supposed to do.
This incident is a indicator of degrading moral values of our society
& commercialization of education system. On one side we raise our
voice against our discrimination in US, Australia, Canada etc. & on
other side we even not hesitate to humiliate 6 years old innocents. If
teaching community do not have morals so can you imagine what kind
education they will impart to our childrens.
Regards
Satyanarayan Yadav
Ranchi
And these are the people who we expect to teach the future generation sensitivity
and compassion for people from different strata of the society? We are instilling
the same hatred and intolerance towards someone unlike us that pretty much has
been the cause for all the communal riots and all kinds other violence and crimes in
this country and in fact this world.. How do you think this is going to affect the
way the grow up and perceive the world?
On the face of it, RTE seems to be a good idea to try and bridge the gap between
the different social and economic classes. However a lot has to be done in terms of
ensuring the children are not marginalized and everyone around these poor
children are a little more sensitive and realize that these are our kids who have
done nothing wrong to be treated the way they are.
God I hope these children are treated with some sort of decency and basic courtesy
in these schools
Our laws are too weak, and the judiciary too slow. This is
discrimination and in a way contempt of court, but nothing can or will
be done.The only thing guaranteed is that the kids will have to suffer
more at school due to this news.huh!! some country we have no justice at
all!!!!
He should file a police complaint and get the school principal in the lock up. This is absurd in the 21st century.Why do we celebrate Chidlren's day on Nov 14th if we cant treat them with dignity ?
Simply passing legislation is not going to bring the mental change among
the profit ventures in this world. We are cheating ourselves with these
tamasha. Added to the agony of being the puppets in the hands of their
parents - to study, study, study - these children have to undergo these
and many more humiliations at the schools also. Where is the happy
childhood?
The names of such schools should be published. If Hindu wasnted to do
responsible reporting then such school names should be made public so that
parents can avoid such sort of racist/fascist schools. These schools
should be stripped off their recoginition.
Disgusting and despicable behaviour on the part of the school management if these allegations are true. What is the fairness in traumatizing 6 year olds for a system that they didn't create. Unfortunate.
This is the problem when a forceful laws are enacted with out any thinking of its practicality. Charity should come from the heart voluntarily, no one can force it. Any educational institution for its functioning need funds, who will pay the bill? If the schools admit children under RTE, they have a moral duty to treat them well. After parents, teachers are the guardians during school time. They are the future adult citizens of our country. How can you the teachers and educators hurt their feelings? This will sow the seed for hatred and vengence in their young mind. Govt of India should take stern action against this school. Thank God we have heard about only this school indulging in such barbaric acts. Hope there are none else. We are not a banana republic to let it pass.
I am so ashamed of my fellow country men and women, I cannot imagine.Just when hope started seeping through the cracks and light appeared at the end of tunnel, aren't we masters in inventing new ways to discriminate our own people? Supreme court has upheld the act - this now. Those that do not follow the law must be punished and made an example out of.
This school must be so badly punished so no one will ever think of perpetrating such inhuman atrocities on our children. In fact the school should be derecognized and the owners should be hit where it hurts most - the purse strings. I also think that the children will be
better off without going to such schools. The only way government can sort out this conundrum is to re-design some of the navodaya type schools, FUND them in an exemplary manner and reserve all seats for students from low socio-economic status exclusively.
This is shocking! Government and Judiciary should immediately take
strong action against the school management so that no such incidents
get repeated anywhere.
It is appaling and deeply troubling to see this kind of blatant discrimination in this day and age. School authorities who are trusted with children's safety and development behaving in this manner towards them is reprehensible. Hope some action is taken against them very soon.
This is horrible and shows that the rising and shining India is getting
more backward. The act by the school is inhuman. How can a school treat
children like this when they teach about abolishing untouchability and
racialism and about bringing equality.
IF this report is true, we should all hang our head in shame. The school mamagment is practicing apartheid just to earn a few rupees more. The parents of the children studying in the school should boycott the school and the school's accredation as an educational institution should be withdrawn. The school managment council members should individually and collectively should be held responsible for this. A public interest litigation should be started. Unless the law, the parents and the community join hands against these villians, we can hear more of this in the future. The managment should pay monetary damages to the children for the treatment meted out to them.
This is so very disappointing - especially coming from the midst of Hindu heartland. This is definately not what education is meant for an Hindu. Education is free for all and everybody's right. Shame on this school and the teachers who put up with this. Disgusting.
This is a shame. The school should be sealed/closed and management should be put behind bars. They can't just cut kids hair. It is inhuman.
RTE facing stumbling block in implementation. It all boils down to
what the politicians are trying to exploit. When educational
institutions are being run by private caste-based entities they don't just want kids bringing in beef, lamb or fish for their lunch. Or for that matter kids who don't take a bath in the morning etc. How can the politicians enforce the RTE, when all the admissions to such schools are the IAS babu's who are supposed to enforce the law. You can get elected to the assembly or even the parliament but not get admission in these schools unless you are a IAS or IPS having to do business with the school.
Why The Hindu has not made public the school name ?
For starters, how about having the Principal hair tuft removed [ or head shaved ]. Do the math. These innocent kids have their lifetime ahead with this scar to live with. The proncipal in any case will have 40 less years to with a similar pain. Calls for genuine consideration. Does it not?
Sajid, Vancouver
All so called socialogically and "scientifically" engineered modern
current methodologies of selection and separation of people in all roles
of life are mainly to find out different levels of cut - done in a
subtle and "socially / politically acceptable" surgical (potentially
profound) way. Only blatant ones gets the lime light how ever trivial
they may be.
A result of education becoming a business. What kind of values will these schools / teachers impart in the young minds? I wish the perpetrators get half of their head tonsured as a way to 'identify' them from the rest of the people.
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