KK Pathak dismisses DM over school closure
A Muzaffarpur lawyer has filed a motion in a Muzaffarpur court against Bihar Education Department Additional Secretary KK Pathak, Education Department Joint Secretary Kanhaiya Prasad Srivastava and Muzaffarpur district education officer Ajay Kumar Singh in the murder case for the death of a primary school student. He was charged with misdemeanor manslaughter. Due to the cold wave after the Ministry of Education ACS rejected the DM's decision to close schools.
Muzaffarpur Bar Association officer and advocate Sushil Kumar Singh said, “Mohammad Kurban, a high school student at Rago Majauli School in Bochaha district, did not attend classes despite the school being open during the cold wave. He died because he had to.”
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The Ministry of Education recently revoked the DM's privilege to close schools due to cold weather. We are holding three Department of Education officials responsible for the student's death. Little do these officials know that most of the children of the poor study in such schools and often do not receive proper education. ”
Singh added that the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court has taken cognizance of the case and the hearing is scheduled for February 3.
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Date first uploaded: January 28, 2024, 05:41 IST
