The school’s principal filmed the video and forwarded it to a parents’ group before it went viral, as many people were outraged.
Enraged that parents were not paying the fees, a school principal in UP’s Siddharth Nagar district made more than 50 students sit in the blistering sun outside the gate.
He even shot a video warning the parents that while he would allow the students this time, every defaulter would be sent back home in the future until the fees were paid.
The video, from Shyamraji High School in Siddharthnagar’s Itwa, has gone viral, drawing outrage on social media. Terming the incident shameful, the school district inspector said he would investigate whether the school is registered and take appropriate action.
These children, boys and girls, are seen in the two-minute video crammed onto the path leading to the school gate with fields on both sides, hiding their faces so as not to be identified and shamed.
In Hindi, principal Shailesh Kumar Tripathi is heard telling them, “All of you parents had been warned not to send your kids to school unless the fees were deposited, but you don’t listen.
You send them to school to trouble me. These are all defaulters, and I have kept them out of the gate today. This is the last time. I am giving you a strict warning. If you feel bad, you are responsible, not me.”
“The bank has imposed a ₹ 50,000 fine on me, and you will not pay even ₹ 5 extra as fees. Main ye bojh nahin utha sakta.
If fees are not paid by the 15th of every month, a fine of ₹ 5 will be imposed per day. Jo yah niyam palan kar sakta hai apne bachchon ko yahan bhej sakte hain aur jo nahin, apne ghar main baitha le, For fees not being paid, I am in grief and tension, there is pressure on me.
Main defaulter Ghosh it ho gaya hood, bank khaini ki main kaya jiving ke lie ek rupia ka bhp loan Nahin panga. Main tares kha kar antic bar Darwaja kohl raha hood, dobra fees ke Bina school Ayeni to Ghar chode dunga,” he warned.
