Bhopal: A girl student in a private school here had been “made” to write her class nine examination standing on the floor as punishment for not being able to pay her school fee.
Chief minister Kamal Nath on Saturday ordered a probe into the incident after it was drawn to his attention by the association of parents of the students of the school. “My teacher asked me to write papers standing on the floor. Other students in the examination room were laughing at me then. But, I did not take note of it. I had just focused on writing my exam”, the victim, Prerana Prajapati, student of class nine of Saraswati Co-Ed Higher Secondary school here told the investigating officer.
As per her father Hamir Singh Prajapati, a daily wage earner, his three wards, one daughter and two sons were studying in the school. He owed the school Rs 37,000 as dues towards fees. The school authorities denied his daughter to appear her exam if the dues were not cleared.
