Education dept sends show cause notice
Friday, 05 May 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
A controversy has cropped up with a school GRD Niranjanpur Academy having asked its students to pay fine of Rs 100 each or submit medical certificates for their failure to attend the school on Sunday for the Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat programme. The school management issued this order in the school’s WhatsApp group. This prompted the president of the National Association for Parents and Students Rights, Arif Khan to write to the chief education officer Dehradun. Taking cognizance of the complaint, the education department has subsequently issued a notice to the school management and sought a reply from it in three days.
Speaking of the matter, the chief education officer Dehradun Pradeep Kumar said that they have taken cognizance of the complaint and sent a show cause notice to the school management. “If the school fails to present its stand on the matter in three days it will be understood that the complaint is right and in that case, we will take appropriate action. We have also sought evidence from the complainant association,” he said.
