‘Beti Padhao…?’ Parents pull daughters from school over harassment fears

Schools in the Rakhial area of Ahmedabad are seeing a disturbing trend where parents are reportedly withdrawing their daughters from schools due to fear of harassment by miscreants. 

Local councillors claimed that there are many schools in the area but the lack of security personnel has allowed anti-social elements to loiter around the school premises.

The area houses five different schools including Urdu Secondary and Higher Secondary School, Rakhial Gujarati Shala No. 1/2, Rakhial Urdu Shala No. 1, Bapunagar Hindi Municipal Secondary School, and Rakhial English Medium School.

Approximately 2,500 students from Gomtipur, Bapunagar, Saraspur, and nearby areas attend these schools.

In January, AMC made a drastic decision to build a wall dividing the campus into two sections.

As a result, f the secondary and higher secondary schools now operate on one side. Despite having around 720 students in the secondary division, the entire campus has only one security guard.

This lack of security has allowed external miscreants to loom around the school premises. Incidents of harassment involving female students have been reported frequently. Principals have lodged multiple complaints at the local police station.

The growing fear has led many parents to withdraw their daughters from school. Local councillors have urged the municipal commissioner to provide adequate security guards across the campus to prevent any major incidents.

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