Child rights panel seeks report on private schools

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The Uttarakhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has asked the officials of the Education Department to prepare a factual report on the alleged incidences of whimsical attitude of private schools due to which the parents suffer and also asked to submit it in next three months.Acting on the complaint of All Uttarakhand Parents Association the commission had asked the Chief Education Officer (CEO) of Dehradun SP Khali to inquire on the issue. On Thursday the CEO, District Education Officer (DEO) basic and City Education Officer appeared before the Chairman of commission, Yogendra Khanduri and asked for some more time to complete the inquiry on which a time period of three months was given by the commission.

The commission also asked the officers to submit a report on alleged cases of violation of the Right to Education (RTE) in some of the private schools of state capital.Hearing on a complaint of a parent in which he had alleged that a teacher of Shanti Niketan Public School, Paniyala road, Roorkee, Haridwar had beaten his child, the commission asked the Chief Education Officer (CEO) of Haridwar, School director and complainant to dispose before it on July 23. Incidentally the commission had asked the CEO to inquire in the episode but the complainant was not satisfied by the inquiry report.

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