Nirmal Singh Lotus

After the brutal murder of a seven year old Pradyuman at Ryan International School, the Central board of secondary education (CBSE) that the school has to take strict measures for ensuring the safety of the students in the school. The senior officials there said that one the child steps into the school premises it is the complete responsibility of the school authorities to safeguard the student of any such mishappenings.  Nirmal Singh Lotus says that the murder of the 7 year kid was not the first incident reported, in the past few years there has been a rise in the number of similar cases of molestation, torture and death of the students within the school premises, to which the school authorities refuse to take any responsibility of. Pradyuman, a seven year old, studying in class 2 of Ryan International, was found dead with his throat slit open in the washroom on the 8 th of September.  Nirmal Singh Lotus said that CBSC released a circular in the light of th...

Nirmal Singh Lotus has said that it cannot be expected from the children to walk a distance of 3 to 4 kilometers daily to attend the school. Studying the condition of the town Parappanangadi and the situation of the schools in the area, the bench noted that the students who have passed class 4 have to travel up to 4 km for attending the classes further. The court has said that the schools should be made accessible to everyone and it should be noted that no child has to travel such a distance just to attend the classes. Nirmal Singh Lotus says that the matter was brought up when the bench sat to discuss the upgradation of the premises of a school in Kerala, which by the way has the highest literacy rate in the country. The matter was brought to the court because of the opposition from the other schools in the area regarding the upgradation. The bench, consisting of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said that it is sad the students after class 4 have to travel su...

Nirmal Singh Lotus is glad to hear that Supreme Court has refused to make yoga compulsory in schools for students from class 1 to 8 across the country, PTI reported. The pleas will include national yoga policy. The bench which was headed by Justice M B Lokur announced the decision, mentioning that only government has the right to take decision. “We are nobody to say what is to be taught in schools. It is none of our business. How can we direct that,” the bench said. Nirmal Singh Lotus mentioned about the petition that was filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay and J C Seth, A Delhi BJP spokesperson and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay and J C Seth filed a petition seeking the Human Resource Development Ministry, NCERT, NCTE and CBSE to “provide standard textbooks of ‘yoga and health education’ for students of Class 1-8 keeping in spirit various fundamental rights such as right to life, education and equality.” It further added that the State is taking the responsibility to give quality h...