DPS directs students to attend school for ‘mentoring, recreation’; Parents aghast

Tabish Rafiq Mir

Srinagar

The parents of the students of Delhi Public School Thursday held a protest demonstration against the school authorities for compelling their wards to attend the schools during strikes.

The protesting parents said that the DPS authorities on Wednesday November 30 sent an SMS to the parents intimating them to send their wards to school from Saturday, 3rd December even the the term 2nd exams have been conducted successfully.

Pertinently, the Delhi Public School has already given the question and answer papers for the second term examinations to the parents, for the exams to be conducted at their respective homes.

“During strikes it is impossible to send our ward to the school. The situation doesn’t permit us to do so,” the parents said, adding, “It is absolutely ridiculous on part of the DPS administration.”

The protesting parents claimed that no security against stone-pelting was ensured to the students travelling in the buses.

They said that their wards will not be secure since the buses are likely to come under stone pelting attacks.

“Who will ensure the safety of our wards since stone pelting incidents take place,” the aggrieved parents asked.

The parents said that they talked to the Chairman of the school, Vijay Dhar.

Quoting Dhar the parents said that he didn’t give any valid reason for calling the students to the school. “The students are being called to school to play.”

The angry parents said that Dhar disrespectfully talked to them and ordered us to stay with the school’s decision and that no changes are going to be made. “How can we send our children when we know they will be unsafe under present circumstances?”

Talking to Kashmir life over phone, the DPS administration claimed that there is no compulsion for the students to attend the classes, and that this call is purely optional.

An official of the school said, “The students are being called to attend the school for mentoring and recreation.”

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