Thursday 6 September 2012

10 Class boy suspended over Facebook post

CHENNAI: At a time when even newborns have Facebook pages, a photograph published on the popular social networking site has landed a Class 10 student of a private school in KK Nagar in trouble.
The boy, who reportedly published a photograph of his classmates and himself inside the classroom, was suspended by the management, his parents told police on Wednesday. They said a "disciplinary committee teacher" of the school humiliated the boy in front of his classmates and that the management informed other students of the suspension through a circular. No written order on the suspension was served, they complained.

The boy's parents, who lodged a complaint at the police commissioner's office, sought action against the school management alleging that 30 other students of the school were also members of Facebook but no action had been initiated against them.
It all began on August 28 when the boy's mother went to the school to question a teacher who reportedly used vulgar words against her son. On August 30, the management told the boy not to come to the school for the next ten days.

The boy's mother again approached the management and was told that disciplinary action initiated against the boy for publishing photographs of some of his classmates and himself in class.

"We received a circular asking students not bring cell phones inside the classrooms in August. But this picture was taken in April," said the boy's mother who did not want to be named.

"I approached the school to complain about the teacher but the issue turned against us. They told us that two other students were placed under suspension," she said.

"My son was shattered when he came to know that his suspension was conveyed to other students through a circular," she said.

TOI tried to contact the school management staff but they were not available for comment.Source-TOI

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