A government school in Lalganj village of Hajipur district of Bihar is reportedly segregating students into different classrooms on the basis of religion and caste.
According to a report published in Jagran, this segregation is being practiced by the school for the past four years. Speaking to Jagran about the bifurcation of classrooms, Meena Kumari, the school headmistress, justified this as a measure adopted purely for convenience of day-to-day administration.
Kumari said that the 770 students enrolled in the ninth grade have been divided into six sections (A–D), which are further divided into two sub-sections (1-2), each with about 70 students.
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Thus, for grade 9, A1 has only girl students of minority religious community, while A2 has male students of minority religious community. B1 and B2 have girls and boys from the Other Backward Class respectively and D1 and D2 have girls and boys from the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes respectively.
HM Kumari told Jagran, “No one has opposed this move. There is no bias towards students on the basis of caste.”
According to Lalganj Block Education Officer, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, an enquiry has been initiated and that the initial report of the segregation division seems to be true. He has reportedly said that a formal notice of this has been submitted to the District Education Officer
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