School fined Rs 50, 000 for Expelling Student

School fined Rs 50, 000 for Expelling Student

New Delhi: Concerned over certain public schools forcing non – performing students to leave midway, a consumer forum has imposed Rs. 50, 000 as fine on Delhi Public School (DPS), Faridabad, for expelling a student, who fared badly in exams.

“It is a sorry state of affairs that schools like DPS in their anxiety to show good academic results are ready to go to any extent to expel a student in the mid – session of the 12th standard,” said G.D. Dhanuka, president of South – West District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum. Holding the school guilty of “unfair trade practice”, the forum directed its administration to pay within a month the amount as compensation to Ritwik Puri, who was expelled after the semester examination of class XII.

The forum rejected the contention that Puri was expelled as he remained absent without any leave despite a notice served on his father.

“The school authorities wanted to just expel Puri from the school because he was not performing well and to achieve this purpose, he was not allowed his forced absence was made a basis to struck off his name from the rolls of the schools,: said the forum.

School fined Rs 50, 000 for Expelling Student

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