Kannur: Four teachers of a school at Kunhimangalam in Kannur, Kerala, were suspended pending inquiry into an alleged incident of removal of inner wear of a student before she appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on May 7.
Officials of the TISK English Medium School at Kovvappuram in Kunhimangalam said the teachers allegedly responsible for the incident on Sunday morning were suspended by the school management for one month. Teachers Sheeja, Shafeena, Bindu and Shahina were in charge of enforcing the dress code of the aspirants who appeared for the examination.
The alleged incident was widely condemned by student organisations and political leaders. A student who appeared for the examination had alleged that she was asked to remove her inner wear before she was allowed to enter the examination hall set up at the school. There were also incidents of the examination officials asking girl students to change their clothes as part of enforcing the dress code.
The Students Federation of India (SFI) staged a march to the school on Tuesday to protest against the humiliation faced by students before they entered the examination hall. The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has initiated an inquiry into the incident.
Across many exam centres in the country, candidates had to remove earrings, abandon closed shoes and cut shirt sleeves to enter the exam hall. Intense frisking and rigid rules dampened the spirits of aspirants of this CBSE-administered exam.