Failing to fill forms for the HSC improvement examination, a Class-X student along with his mother attempted self-immolation in front of the residence of School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Wednesday.
The duo tried to set them ablaze after pouring kerosene in the afternoon. However, police personnel rescued them and whisked them away to the Capital police station.
Earlier on Tuesday, they had made a similar attempt in front of the Capital High School in Uint-3 here accusing the school authorities of depriving the student from filling-up the forms for the improvement examinations.
The student, Imran Khan, had passed the 2021 HSC Examinations by securing 272 marks. Dissatisfied with his marks secured without appearing in the examination he wanted to appear in the improvement examination offline, scheduled to begin on July 30. The student alleged that when he met the school Headmaster for form fill-up, the latter assured him of doing the same on his behalf.
The last date for form fill-up was July 15.
However, the student ascertained that he had been left out for form fill-up when he visited the school to collect admit cards in the morning. Alleging negligence’ on the part of the school authorities, he and his mother attempted suicide in front of the school in the afternoon.
Refuting the charges, school Headmaster Amar Kumar Behera said, “Imran got left out in the form fill-up process due to his family’s negligence. The formalities were conducted for four other students so there was no question of not doing the same for another student. After discussing with school authorities, his father told us that he would come again for the form fill-up but he did not turn up.”