 Summary of this article
- KDMC issues notice to Kalyan school over alleged restrictions on religious symbols.
- Parents claim children were stopped from wearing tilak, bangles and rakhi.
- School denies allegations, says safety and harmony remain its priority.
The Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) in Maharashtra has issued a notice to a private school after complaints that students were being prohibited from wearing religious and cultural symbols, officials said on Wednesday.
The matter came to light after some parents alleged that students were stopped from wearing items such as ‘tilak’ or ‘tikli’ (bindi), bangles, and rakhi or sacred threads. According to PTI, parents further claimed that in certain cases the ‘tilak’ put on by children was forcibly removed and students were threatened with punishment. Some also alleged that children were physically reprimanded.
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Following the complaints, local workers of a political party drew the issue to the attention of KDMC’s education department. The department, on Tuesday, sent a notice to the school administration, seeking clarification on both the restrictive rules and the alleged punitive measures against students, PTI reported. |
