<p>“I am very happy to come back to my school. I have seen my friends after so many days. The teachers were very nice to me,” Srijan said, as he returned home from school.<br /><br />“We have taken him back today (Monday). Srijan will be treated as any other student of the school,” school secretary Supriyo Dhar said. A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court Friday directed the school to take Srijan back and promote him to Class 5.<br /><br />Earlier this year, Sanjay Smart, one of the teachers of the school, allegedly demanded a laptop from Srijan's parents to promote him to a higher class. Srijan's parents had alleged that when they refused to bow down to his demands, Smart did not allow Srijan to be promoted from Class 4 to Class 5 and got him expelled citing rules and regulations.<br /><br />Later, Srijan's parents filed a police complaint against Smart, leading to his arrest. But even as Srijan was all smiles, his parents were sceptical about the school’s attitude towards their son.<br /><br />“For the last few months there was an atmosphere of hope and despair. But I am very happy because my son is happy. However, I personally feel that the school didn’t welcome him wholeheartedly,” Srijan’s father Partha Pratim Banerjee told IANS.<br /><br />“We have really fought for this day. My son was a bit shaky when he entered school. I hope everything goes well. But as a mother, I felt the body language of the school authorities was not very encouraging,” said Srijans’ mother Mary Banerjee.<br /><br />The 175-year-old school has grabbed the headlines for all the wrong reasons this year. Alongside the Srijan controversy, La Martinere also courted trouble when a Class 7 student, Rouvanjit Rowla, hanged himself days after he was caned by the school's principal and mentally harassed by three teachers. The four were arrested Oct 4 for <br /><br />Rowla's suicide Feb 12. The four were given bail the same day. However, a city court last month ordered that the principal and the three teachers be slapped with an additional charge of abetting Rowla’s suicide.</p>
<p>“I am very happy to come back to my school. I have seen my friends after so many days. The teachers were very nice to me,” Srijan said, as he returned home from school.<br /><br />“We have taken him back today (Monday). Srijan will be treated as any other student of the school,” school secretary Supriyo Dhar said. A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court Friday directed the school to take Srijan back and promote him to Class 5.<br /><br />Earlier this year, Sanjay Smart, one of the teachers of the school, allegedly demanded a laptop from Srijan's parents to promote him to a higher class. Srijan's parents had alleged that when they refused to bow down to his demands, Smart did not allow Srijan to be promoted from Class 4 to Class 5 and got him expelled citing rules and regulations.<br /><br />Later, Srijan's parents filed a police complaint against Smart, leading to his arrest. But even as Srijan was all smiles, his parents were sceptical about the school’s attitude towards their son.<br /><br />“For the last few months there was an atmosphere of hope and despair. But I am very happy because my son is happy. However, I personally feel that the school didn’t welcome him wholeheartedly,” Srijan’s father Partha Pratim Banerjee told IANS.<br /><br />“We have really fought for this day. My son was a bit shaky when he entered school. I hope everything goes well. But as a mother, I felt the body language of the school authorities was not very encouraging,” said Srijans’ mother Mary Banerjee.<br /><br />The 175-year-old school has grabbed the headlines for all the wrong reasons this year. Alongside the Srijan controversy, La Martinere also courted trouble when a Class 7 student, Rouvanjit Rowla, hanged himself days after he was caned by the school's principal and mentally harassed by three teachers. The four were arrested Oct 4 for <br /><br />Rowla's suicide Feb 12. The four were given bail the same day. However, a city court last month ordered that the principal and the three teachers be slapped with an additional charge of abetting Rowla’s suicide.</p>