Apex child rights body argued madrassas lack holistic environment, focus on religious teachings, and appoint teachers not meeting RTE standards.
Following consultations, the school, a government-aided institution, subsequently decided to present all three students before the juvenile justice authorities.
In response to Dharmendra Pradhan’s question, Mahesh stated that TN has consistently prioritized Tamil in its educational system, while also ensuring students are proficient in English for future opportunities.
The police said that both the victim and the accused are students of class 11 and they take tuition in that coaching centre.
Union education minister accused Tamil Nadu CM of ‘pitting states against each other’ while latter claimed best performing states are not getting SSA funds.
Tamil Nadu CM cited a report providing data on withholding of funds under Samagra Shiksha scheme to five opposition-ruled states.
MP: A two-member committee, comprising Gupta and tribal welfare department assistant commissioner Brijkant Shulka, will probe the student's death.
Police arrested the school principal for alleged breach of communal harmony and initiated proceedings under Section 127 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) against him, SHO said.