Fate of thousands of students of a prominent public school of Patna is hanging in balance with the CBSE yet to restore affiliation to the school in the wake of a controversy last year involving a girl student.
Non-restoration of affiliation to the DAV BSEB, known for its excellent performance in academics and sports in recent past, by CBSE has left many a students and their parents rue their fate.
On asked for his comments on the affiliation of the public school being in limbo for sometimes, Union minister of State for Human Resources Developmentm Upendra Kushwaha told PTI over phone that he would personally look into the issue tomorrow and give necessary direction in the interest of students of the school.
CBSE Delhi, which conducted inspection of the school due to some deficiencies in the wake of controversy, has directed the school not to give registration to the students for class IXth and XIth as it would have made them eligible to appear in the board and XII examinations in 2018.
"Its really sorry condition for the students who ask me about their future," Principal V S Ojha said.
Trouble hit the premier school of the city after a
plus 2 student went missing on February 28, 2015. She surfaced three weeks later on March 19 and during questioning by the police she had said that she was deliberately failed in Class XI examination.
The school had procured her admit card from the CBSE for Class XII examination, but the same could not be delivered to her as she had gone missing. She was allegedly gang-raped while in alleged captivity of two unidentified youths.
Police arrested three teachers of the school in this connection and the school Principal Ramanuj Prasad was suspended by the DAV management.
Prasad went underground following the controversy and later obtained bail from a district court.
In the wake of the episode the CBSE Board ordered de-affiliation of the school through a letter on May 19, 2015.
It also directed the school not to register class VIII student who would be promoted to class IX in the current year and be eligible to get registered for 10th board exam in 2018.
Similarly, fate of class ten students who appeared in the board exam recently and awaiting admission in class 11 are also hanging in balance.
Subsequently, the CBSE asked the school to provide answers to their queries about six deficiencies for which the school sent relevant documents and prayed for restoration of affiliation, Ojha said.
The CBSE sent a two-member Inspection team to the school in January this year and all necessary documents and satisfactory answer to the queries were given, he said.
"After two reminders post-inspection, the CBSE has sent another set of queries on April 9 having more or less similar questions it had asked earlier," he said.
