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KOLKATA, INDIA, February 18, 2005: In 2003, acting Chief Justice Altamas directed the state to enforce a school education department circular banning corporal punishment and canning in schools. So when the headmistress of Barisha Vivekananda Balika Vidyalaya acted inappropriately and cruelly toward students at her school, the Calcutta High Court took up the issue with the state education department. The news release explains what 160 students from the school wrote in a letter, “After prayer, she forced us to stand in the sun for one hour and also beat up some of us, causing many of us to fall sick. We also have other complaints against her. Every year, she forcibly collects huge amounts of money as donations from students. She even fines students who are absent because of illness. All of us are so scared of her that nobody dares to complain against her. Now, unable to take it anymore, we request stern action against our headmistress. We also request you to transfer her from our school so that we may study in a better environment.” The high court said, “We are in 21st century. This type of barbaric act should be stopped. Therefore, we direct the state government to issue a circular to all the schools, private and government, to prevent any such punishment to students.”

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