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Delhi student beaten by teacher for using RTI
Thu-Aug 07, 2008
New Delhi / Indo-Asian News Service
Using the Right to Information Act (RTI) to know his examination marks proved costly for an 18-year-old student of a government school when he was allegedly brutally beaten up by his teacher in Dilshad Garden area of north-east Delhi on Thursday.
Mohsin Ansari, a Class 9 student of the Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Dilshad Garden, was admitted to hospital after being allegedly beaten by his physical training teacher, Jai Singh Yadav.
"Mohsin is being victimized for using the Right to Information Act. When he went to school today he was severely beaten up by his teacher," Mohsin's father, Mohammad Yusuf Ansari, told IANS.
Mohsin was taken to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital from where he was discharged in the evening.
"He suffered several injuries. We have informed the police about it. We will complain to the chief minister, the education minister and the Central Information Commission about it," Ansari said.
Mohsin had used the RTI to get a copy of the answer sheet of his English subject examination and also wanted to see the answer sheets of other students of his class.
Though he was given a copy of his paper, the authorities refused to show him the answer sheets of other students. He then approached the CIC, which directed the school authorities to show him the answer sheets of the other students.
Though the CIC passed the orders in June, the school authorities refused to show him the answer sheets.
"On Tuesday, when he reached school to inspect the answer sheets of other students, the school authorities threatened him and refused to show him any paper. They told him to go to the CIC again to get another order," Ansari said.
The physical training teacher assaulted him in school on Thursday.
"Today while I was in the school toilet, my physical activity teacher Jai Singh Yadav came and started beating me indiscriminately. He threw me down the stairs and slapped me repeatedly," said Mohsin.
His parents alleged that the principal was present in the school when the incident took place but didn't intervene.
When contacted, Principal Gokal Singh denied the allegation, and said, "I was not in school when the incident took place."
Jai Singh Yadav, when asked if he had indeed beaten the student, said: "I didn't do anything at all." He even threatened the reporter with dire consequences for reporting the incident.
Mohsin Ansari, a Class 9 student of the Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Dilshad Garden, was admitted to hospital after being allegedly beaten by his physical training teacher, Jai Singh Yadav.
"Mohsin is being victimized for using the Right to Information Act. When he went to school today he was severely beaten up by his teacher," Mohsin's father, Mohammad Yusuf Ansari, told IANS.
Mohsin was taken to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital from where he was discharged in the evening.
"He suffered several injuries. We have informed the police about it. We will complain to the chief minister, the education minister and the Central Information Commission about it," Ansari said.
Mohsin had used the RTI to get a copy of the answer sheet of his English subject examination and also wanted to see the answer sheets of other students of his class.
Though he was given a copy of his paper, the authorities refused to show him the answer sheets of other students. He then approached the CIC, which directed the school authorities to show him the answer sheets of the other students.
Though the CIC passed the orders in June, the school authorities refused to show him the answer sheets.
"On Tuesday, when he reached school to inspect the answer sheets of other students, the school authorities threatened him and refused to show him any paper. They told him to go to the CIC again to get another order," Ansari said.
The physical training teacher assaulted him in school on Thursday.
"Today while I was in the school toilet, my physical activity teacher Jai Singh Yadav came and started beating me indiscriminately. He threw me down the stairs and slapped me repeatedly," said Mohsin.
His parents alleged that the principal was present in the school when the incident took place but didn't intervene.
When contacted, Principal Gokal Singh denied the allegation, and said, "I was not in school when the incident took place."
Jai Singh Yadav, when asked if he had indeed beaten the student, said: "I didn't do anything at all." He even threatened the reporter with dire consequences for reporting the incident.
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Indian education system is not being improved at all.
There are many students across the country who are harassed in different ways. Most of our politicians are uneducated and have a background of being law breakers and gangsters, now these immoral people take charge of the country and do nothing but eat the money. Teachers in government schools are selected based on how much bribe they can pay to the government authorities and what I have seen is many government school teachers don't even know how to speak English.
Government should educate teachers first rather than educating innocent children. Illiterate govt. teachers should learn at least how to be a nice human being.
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