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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, seeking a reply within four weeks on news reports that Dalit children had been denied admissions to a government middle school at Kurayur, a village near Kalligudi in Madurai district.
The New Indian Express had reported in December that Dalit children in the village had been barred from admissions to the government school by Caste Hindus. They had been forced to study at a missionary-run government-aided school on the periphery of the village, which lacked facilities.
A press release put up on the National Human Rights Commission website on Wednesday said the Commission has taken cognizance of the issue on the basis of the media report forwarded by a complainant.
It said that as per the reports, the school officials, who have been working in the Government Middle School since early 1990s, allegedly said that they did not recall even a single Dalit student ever studying in the village school.
Through the notice, the Commission has ordered a report from the Chief Secretary within four weeks into allegations of denial of admissions to the Dalit children.
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