Nayagarh/Daspalla: A Class-VII girl of Adarsha Vidyalaya in Daspalla area of Nayagarh district was deprived of attending online classes after she objected to denial of midday meal rice (MDM), a report said Tuesday.
Rojali Pradhan was removed from her online group in the school and refused permission to attend online classes. The office of the block education officer denied books to her following the incident.
The development has sparked resentment among residents who attacked the highhandedness of the authorities and harassment of a young girl. The girl apprised the headmaster of her school, Daspalla BEO and the District Collector on the development but her plea is yet to be addressed.
Left with no options, the girl accompanied by her parents launched a sit-in outside the block education office in Daspalla, Monday. Alarmed over her protest, BEO Pradipta Behera and Daspalla IIC Jayprakash Parida met her at around 11 pm Monday and assured to look into her demands.
Later, the girl and her parents withdrew from the sit-in. However, several hours have passed since then but her name is yet to be re-added in her class online group.
According to the complaint, Rojali was admitted to Adarsh Vidyalaya in Daspalla. The BEO’s office gave her books after her admission. After receiving books, the class teacher added her name to her class WhatsApp group so that she could attend her online classes.
However, the unexpected happened when the authorities of Radha Mohan High School refused to give her midday meal rice as her name was not there in the school attendance register September 4.
She objected to the denial of rice following which her name was removed from the online group in her school.
PNN