Principal of Coimbatore private school held in girl student’s death, says Minister
The Hindu
The principal has been accused of not taking action on the student’s complaint about a teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted her
The Coimbatore City Police secured the principal of a private school late on Saturday, after a 17-year-old girl student , allegedly after she was sexually assaulted by one of her teachers. The principal has been accused of not taking action on the girl’s complaint against the teacher.
School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said the police acted swiftly in the case and secured the principal, Meera Jackson, late on Saturday night.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.