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Odisha school expels seven Class X students over hostel assault
Seven Class X students have been expelled from a government residential school at Rivalkana in Rayagada district after allegedly assaulting junior students in the hostel on August 2, The Hindu reports. Police…
The Story in Brief
Seven Class X students have been expelled from a government residential school at Rivalkana in Rayagada district after allegedly assaulting junior students in the hostel on August 2, The Hindu reports. Police have registered a case following a video of the incident circulating on social media. An inquiry found serious indiscipline, while one student allegedly filmed the assault and six others took part or intimidated the victims.
The school has 265 students but only five teachers handling classes and hostel duties. The headmaster was transferred on June 18, but a replacement has not joined. Odisha’s ST and SC Development Department runs 1,615 residential schools, with about 5.52 lakh students living in 5,967 hostels, according to government figures.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy response would be to treat this as a few bad students behaving badly. The opposite exaggeration, that residential schools are inherently unsafe, is just as weak. Expulsion and a police case address the immediate offence, but five teachers for 265 children leaves supervision dangerously thin. Boys’ hostels deserve the same scrutiny as girls’ hostels. The useful test is whether staffing improves and inspections record fewer incidents, not whether another video forces action.
Source: thehindu.com
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