The State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) has directed for investigating a complaint of a mental torture made against a private school by a student.
The commission recently received a complaint from a student of a private school in Dehradun stating that the school is resorting to psychological torture of students which is taking a toll on their mental health.
According to the chairperson of the commission Usha Negi, the complainant is a student of class XI and has written to the commission that though the school started online classes for students from the month of June, they are asking students to deposit the school fees from April onwards. She said that as per the complainant’s letter, the teachers acting in a biased manner deducted the marks in exams and school projects of those students who spoke against this injustice. The students are going through mental torture in the school as per the complainant. Usha Negi said that the State Government has made it clear several times that schools cannot demand the fees of those months when they did not provide any online classes to the students. Moreover, Negi also stated that as per the directions of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on February 12, 2018, a child cannot be harassed by the school for the issues like pending fees and such matters should be resolved between parents and school management.
Directing Chief Education Officer (CEO) of Dehradun Asha Rani Painuly for suitable investigation, Usha Negi said that harassing children is the violation of section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act and action should be taken against the school administration. She instructed Painuly to take cognisance of the complaint and asked her to investigate whether the school actually started online classes for students from April. Negi also asked her to submit the investigation report in commission within 15 days.
Wednesday, 02 December 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
