Bal Mandir made essential amendments after meeting with DM & local representatives

After an unfortunate incident of molestation of a 3.5 girl child and continuous from the guardians/ parents/ wards as well as locals, the Bal Mandir School administration took some landmark decisions. First the school agreed upon providing liberty to the guardians to select school-dress (Salwar-Suit or Shirt-Skirt) for girl children from Class VI.

Further the school administration ensured that in future after every terminal examination the school would organise a meeting of the guardians and would take action on registered complains. Besides this, the school informed that all the alleged staffs involved in sexual harassment case have been suspended till the enquiry finishes.

DM Kishanganj Feraque Ahmad released a paper mentioning all the points discussed and the decisions taken by the school administration in a meeting with wards and active local citizens. The press release of DM also mentioned that the school is already agreed upon arranging separate washrooms and drinking water facilities for girls and boys.

Meanwhile, the group of people who took part in the meeting warned the school administration to keep the vigil eye for avoiding the unfortunate incident that happened a couple of weeks back.

Once considered as an alien school for some sects especially Muslims, Bal Mandir opened its gates for all sections of people about a decade back. However, the dress-code and other facilities of school were against the traditional culture of Muslims. Initially, the dress-code Shirt-Skirt was similar for all girl children from Nursery to Class XII. Earlier after the continuous complain of wards / guardians especially Muslim parents the school had already make it compulsory for girls to wear Salwar-Suit from Class IX.

Now after the courageous step of the parents of victim small girl, the school made special amendments in its curriculum on larger interest of the society. DM Kishanganj and concerned citizens and wards who compelled the school administration to made necessary changes also deserve plaudits.

On the whole, the incident in Bal Mandir was an alarming bell for all of us, and we need to keep our eyes and mind open to avoid such unfortunate circumstances in the future. Most importantly, DM Kishanganj the local people and guardians should also grill other schools of the district like Oriental, Crescent, Emaneul etc. and monitor the arrangements made for the safety and other things related to students.