Obscenities shared on school group

Vadodara: A major row erupted in Dahod after obscene stickers were shared in a WhatsApp group created by officials of a school in the district for aiding online teaching.
Taking cognizance of the incident, the district education office issued a notice to the school.
The stickers were shared in the WhatsApp group of Class I of the Hasteshwar School in the Limkheda taluka of Dahod district. They were allegedly forwarded from a parent’s phone.
The act drew a lot of flak in the group and parents informed the school principal as well. The school principal, who was also a member of the group, deleted the stickers.
Principal Suresh Jadav said that the stickers were such that anyone who opened them automatically shared them. He added that the parent from whose phone the stickers were being shared was contacted and summoned to the school.
Jadav said that the parent claimed that he was out of station. “He said that he had left his phone at a shop to charge it when the stickers were shared,” said Jadav.
He pointed out that the parent had claimed that the shopkeeper told him that the phone was used by some youths who had come to the shop.
The school has been issued a notice by the district education office. It has been asked to reply to the notice within two days.
Jadav said that the WhatsApp group was formed to facilitate online learning for students. “We will now register a complaint so that the truth comes out,” he said.