Class 12 Student Forced To Remove Turban Before Exams In Madhya Pradesh, Probe Ordered
The scholar mentioned he was once pressured to take away the turban. (Representational)
Dhar, Madhya Pradesh:
A Class 12 Sikh scholar showing for his board tests was once allegedly pressured to take away his turban right through a safety test in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar on Tuesday.
The scholar, whilst speaking to journalists after the incident, mentioned he refused to take away the turban to start with and approached the centre in-charge who additionally requested him to “observe the foundations”. He then had to take away his turban and get it checked to be allowed to seem for the exam.
“…I used to be made to take off my turban whilst I used to be getting into the exam corridor. I attempted to withstand and in addition complained about it to the centre head however I used to be advised that this was once the exam procedure prescribed by way of the MP schooling board,” the coed mentioned.
The state govt has introduced a probe into the subject and 3 officers, together with the invigilator, were got rid of from exam accountability.
“Once you have knowledge, the trainer in query has been got rid of from the exam accountability. We’re additional investigating the subject,” Brajesh Pandey, senior authentic on the state Tribal Welfare division, advised information company PTI.
Leader Minister Kamal Nath expressed anger over the incident and mentioned such acts cannot be tolerated within the state, Narendra Saluja, media coordinator of the Leader Minister, mentioned.
