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How a rich school tagged poor studentsIndia
Aug 15, 2011Rate This
New Delhi
St Andrews Scots Senior Secondary School, a posh school in east Delhi, boasts of ''providing value- based education'to its students but is under the scanner of a child rights panel - for tagging poor students.
The school admits poor students under the legally bound 10 percent freeshi quota - fee waiver - for economically disadvantaged chi dren.
But the students, their parents and child rights ac tivists allege that the school discriminates against poo kids, profiles them on the basis of their socio- economi status and makes them wear tags showing they hav been admitted under the quota.
The children are made to wear an ink mark ''F/ S,'de noting freeship, on their shirt collars to distinguis them from the rest of the children. IANS
How a rich school tagged poor studentsIndia
Aug 15, 2011Rate This
New Delhi
St Andrews Scots Senior Secondary School, a posh school in east Delhi, boasts of ''providing value- based education'to its students but is under the scanner of a child rights panel - for tagging poor students.
The school admits poor students under the legally bound 10 percent freeshi quota - fee waiver - for economically disadvantaged chi dren.
But the students, their parents and child rights ac tivists allege that the school discriminates against poo kids, profiles them on the basis of their socio- economi status and makes them wear tags showing they hav been admitted under the quota.
The children are made to wear an ink mark ''F/ S,'de noting freeship, on their shirt collars to distinguis them from the rest of the children. IANS