Nagpur: The education department has sent a show cause notice to a century-old convent English school over allegations that some teachers are responsible for a Std X student’s suicide attempt.
The notice issued by the secondary education mentions that a couple of teachers seem to have contributed to the student attempting to take the extreme step. The student has now been discharged from hospital.
The show cause notice has directed the school to suspend the teachers and then start an internal inquiry. The inquiry’s report has to be submitted to the education department failing which the school management itself could face action. The letter mentions that if no report is submitted then “it will construed as if the school management is backing the accused teachers”.
In a video shot by RTE activist Shahid Sharif, the parents and sister of the student can be seen blaming a teacher for the suicide attempt. Sharif said, “The parents have now changed their statement under pressure but there is more than meets the eye here. The District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) officials will be coming to take statement of the boy and we want that the guilty should be punished.”
The National Commission For Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has also written to the district collector to look into the matter and file a report. Yashwant Jain, member of NCPCR, wrote the letter (dated August 23) and acknowledged having received a complaint regarding the student’s attempted suicide.
Jain requested the district collector to investigate the matter and file report which should include a copy of the FIR, current condition of the student and details of action taken against accused under Juvenile Justice Act 2015.
Jain added that the report may be sent within 10 days of this letter being sent. NCPCR also wants to know if the collector’s office was part of any other investigation related to the same case, and if so, the commission asked for copies of that as well.
