Headmistress arrested after allegedly forcing dalit students to clean toilets
Tiruppur: The headmistress of a government school in Dharapuram taluk of Tiruppur district has been suspended and subsequently arrested following allegations of compelling two Dalit students to clean school toilets.
Headmistress Ilamati Ishwari, herself belonging to the Scheduled Caste Periyar community, purportedly instructed two girl students from the Scheduled Caste Arunthathiyar community to clean the toilets. A video capturing the incident surfaced online, reportedly recorded by a custodian of Ambedkar Padippagam (library).
While denying the accusations, Ishwari claimed that external elements manipulated the situation by exploiting the two girls. However, the school education department took immediate action, suspending Ishwari pending investigation.
During the inquiry, it was revealed that parents of the students and other school staff members defended the headmistress, asserting that the allegations were unfounded and possibly orchestrated to malign her reputation.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
