The district administration in Bihar’s Patna has ordered an inquiry after a video widely shared on social media showed students alleging caste-based discrimination at a government school in Alawalpur village, The Indian Express reported on Friday.
In the video, students claimed that they had been made to sit separately and were prevented from mingling with upper-caste students. They also alleged that they were denied food at times.
“They ask the other students, ‘Why do you sit with them?’,” the newspaper quoted one of the students as having alleged in the video. “They seat us separately.”
The student added that upper-caste students were moved if found seated next to lower-caste students.
The alleged administrative irregularities such as poor teacher attendance, irregular classes and low-quality food were also raised in the video, The Indian Express reported. Claims were also made about students being forced to do manual labour.
Ranjan Kumar, the principal of the government school, told The Hindu that the allegations were baseless. “We only ask the girls and boys students to sit separately,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.
This video is from a school in Alawalpur village of the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar, The students claim that the teachers are adopting a caste-discriminatory attitude towards students, isolating them and keeping them separate from other students. Interestingly,……
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