Guwahati: Kutumba Surakshya Parishad, a Hindu organization, has sought action against a Christian Missionary school in Assam for allegedly abusing a 10–year–old student for chanting the “Jai Sri Ram” slogan inside the classroom.
The incident allegedly took place at Calvary English School at Khelmati near Balipara in Assam’s Sonitpur district on February 5.
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According to the reports, the minor student of class IV of the school was allegedly physically abused by the class teacher and then by the headmaster after the student recited the “Jai Sri Ram” slogan in the classroom.
Later the minor student informed the family members who moved the school authority seeking their explanation from the school authority for the incident.
The situation was brought under control by a team from Chariduar police station and the district elementary education officer (DEEO), who asked the management of the school not to repeat such incidents in further.
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“It is a shocking incident. The school authority has violated the child right and human right under Article 51(A) of the Constitution of India,” Kutumba Surakshya Parishad president Satya Ranjan Borah said in a letter submitted to Assam education minister Ranoj Pegu here on Thursday.
“This is a painful and gross violation of Article 51 AC) of the Constitution of India,” Borah said in the letter.
The Hindu organization also asked the Father-Sisters of Christian Missionaries to wear a normal dress instead of the dress or their religious costume in school or educational institutions.