The students of Imphal-based schools and colleges brought out the protest rallies hours after photos of the bodies of the two youths went viral on social media.
The decision not to deploy teachers comes in the backdrop of prolonged school closure in Himachal Pradesh in the past 2 months due to torrential rains and floods.
Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains said 200 school principals and 100 headmasters have been imparted training at Singapore and IIM Ahmedabad.