Amid mounting protests, the Kerala Government on Friday suspended the principal and vice-principal of the school where a 10-year-old girl had died of snake bite inside the classroom, as students hit the streets vowing not to enter their classrooms till justice was delivered to their schoolmate.
Various student organisations also took out protest marches to the district collectorate at Kalpetta demanding action against those responsible for her death.
Protests were also held at Thiruvananthapuram.
The state education department suspended principal AK Karunakaran and vice-principal KK Mohan of the Government vocational higher secondary school at Sulthan Bathery in Wayanad district.
After a preliminary probe, a teacher, Shijil, was suspended for alleged lapse on Thursday.
The school authorities came under attack after teachers failed to ensure that the fifth standard student, Shehala Sherin, who was bitten by a snake inside her class on November 20, was rushed to hospital.
Though her parents rushed her to four hospitals, no anti-venom was administered and they were told to take the child to the Kozhikode Medical college hospital, which is about 90 km from Sulthan Bathery.
Shehala’s father said she died before reaching the medical college.
The deputy director of the education department has dissolved the school’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA).