Tribal students allege harassment by teacher, stage dharna in Sircilla

Students staged a protest on the road outside the school, demanding the suspension of a teacher they accused of beating them indiscriminately for being late to the morning assembly.

Rajanna Sircilla: Students of the Tribal Welfare Residential School & College (Girls), Thangallapalli mandal, on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration in protest against harassment by their physical education teacher, Jyotsna.

The students, who came out of the school on Thursday morning, sat on the Sircilla-Siddipet road at Baddenapalli, raising slogans demanding the suspension of the teacher. They said the teacher was beating them indiscriminately alleging that they were late for the morning assembly. Some of the students were late for the assembly due to menstrual problems. They also said that while they were having their bath, the teacher entered the bathrooms by breaking the door and beat them with sticks, they said, also alleging that she took their videos on her mobile phone.

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Though they lodged complaints with the principal and other officials, no action was taken, they said.

Based on the District Collector Sandeep Kumar Jha’s instructions, District Education Officer Ramesh visited the school and talked to the students. The teacher, Jyotsna, who was working on contract basis, was removed from duty, officials said.

Later, the Collector visited the school and interacted with the students. He instructed the special officer and school principal to take measures to ensure that the students did not face any problems. He asked them to bring his notice if there were any problems in the school.