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Haryana rights panel seeks report on school abuse complaint
The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken cognisance of complaints filed by Class 12 students of Government Senior Secondary School, Sanoli Khurd, in Panipat. The students accuse the school principal of…
The Story in Brief
The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken cognisance of complaints filed by Class 12 students of Government Senior Secondary School, Sanoli Khurd, in Panipat. The students accuse the school principal of subjecting them to abusive and humiliating treatment, including threats of striking their names from the school roll and being forced to sit outside for the past two to three months because their classroom remains locked.
The complaints also allege serious infrastructure deficiencies: no electricity in classrooms, exposed wires, inadequate furniture, non-functional fans in extreme heat, and lack of proper toilets, forcing girls to defecate in the open. HHRC chairperson justice Lalit Batra has ordered action-taken reports from the secondary education director general, Panipat deputy commissioner, and district education officer. The next hearing is set for October 7, 2026.
The Indian Opinion
The HHRC's swift action is welcome, but the timeline, reports sought over a year later, raises eyebrows. This case spotlights two lazy narratives: one, that government schools are uniformly broken (many function well), and two, that complaints alone fix problems. The real test is whether the October 2026 deadline yields tangible repairs or just more paperwork. Will the students get a functioning classroom and toilet before they graduate?
Source: hindustantimes.com
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