Taking cognizance of the alleged construction of a mazar inside the premises of a government school in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district, Priyank Kanoongo, Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said he would submit a report to the concerned ministries.
“The work of radicalization is being done and all this is being done by the teachers of the school. At this time, the students especially the girls who are demanding a separate room for offering namaz need to be counselled,” Kanoongo said.
A case of a mazar built inside a CM Rise School of Kurwai tehsil in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh has created panic in the education department. The principal, Shahina Firdaus, has been accused of building the Islamic structure. It is being told that the principal was also helped by his husband in this work. However, the principal has refused to have built that structure.
Vidisha District Education Officer Atul Moudgil investigated the matter and found the complaint to be correct and filed a report after which the principal was transferred.
However, she said in her statement that there existed a platform at that place and she that she had merely conducted only some repairs.
According to Kanoongo, “When we went there for an investigation and took stock of the situation. We came to know that the former principal had reserved a room in the school itself for offering Namaz and this is not limited to the CM Rise School, but in other schools also.”
We visited schools there and tombs were seen in all three schools.”
Kanoongo also claimed that it was revealed that the national anthem is performed only on August 15 and January 26 in the report given to the education officer.
Meanwhile, a peon and the security guards of the CM Rise School said that there was already an old place at the disputed site and the former principal had only repaired it. They also said the national anthem was being regularly performed in the school.