Parents of some girl students of an upper primary school at MV-71 (Malkangiri Village) in Malkangiri district of Odisha have accused two teachers of sexually harassing their wards.
A video clip showing wife of an accused slapping him is going viral in the district. The video clip is said to have been shot around a month back during a parents-teachers meeting at the school to discuss the allegations.
The Cluster Resource Coordinator (CRC) of schools was present during this meeting.
Speaking to The Hindu , Malkangiri District Education Officer (DEO) Prashant Kumar Mohapatra said that the Kalimela Block Education Officer (BEO) has been instructed to make a detailed enquiry into the allegations and file a report.
Subsequently, the BEO visited the village on Saturday. “Basing on this enquiry report, we will initiate action against the erring teachers,” said the DEO.
If allegations are proved to be true, then stern action would be taken against the teachers, he added.
However, till now no police complaint has been lodged in the case.
It is alleged that the two teachers had been sexually harassing the girl students for the past several months. Around one month back two girls of Class VIII stopped coming to the school. Several other girl students have also complained to their family members about the teachers. According to the victims, the accused even threatened to fail them in the examination if they revealed anything before anyone.
The parents had also approached local Education Department officials regarding it.
Around one month back, a meeting was held at the school where one of the teachers was beaten up by his wife.
