STRIKE IN SCHOOLS

Students' strike in Cooch Behar

 

COOCH BEHAR, Sept. 30: Educational institutions in Cooch Behar were found closed today following the strike call given by the Chhatra Parishad (CP). The CP called the students' strike demanding arrest of the principal of a reputed English medium school alleging her responsible for the recent suicide of a girl student of Class IX of that school. The CP activists demonstrated at the offices of the DM and SP too in support of their demand.

 

On the otherhand, All India Democratic Students' Organisation (AIDSO) demanded an impartial inquiry into the suicide incident. They also demanded bringing of all non-government schools under government control and measure to stop practice of ragging in the schools and colleges. []