<div>A principal in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district worked out his own "caste arithmetic", segregating students of Class IX on the basis of their caste and appointing class teachers on a similar basis, prompting authorities to remove him.<br /><br />Acting on complaints that Radhey Shyam Varshney, Principal of Seth Phulchand Bagla Inter College, a government- aided institution, had segregated students on the basis of their caste -- Scheduled Caste, Backward and General -- District Magistrate Avinash Krishna Singh ordered a probe by the District Inspector of Schools (DIoS).<br /><br />After the matter was found to be true, the principal was removed.<br /><br />Varshney had also appointed same caste teachers in the class and three of them, working as class teachers, have also been removed from their respective posts.<br /><br />As per Varshney's scheme of things, a general category teacher was appointed for a classroom having general students. Likewise, a a scheduled caste teacher was chosen for a classroom with SC students, and an OBC teacher for OBC students.<br /><br />"We had received a complaint of discrimination against Principal of Seth Phulchand Baagla Inter College for separating classes on the basis of caste. We conducted an inquiry and found that three sections -- A, B, C -- of Class 9 had difference in ratio over the distribution of General, SC and OBC students," Singh said.<br /><br />"Section A had more of General category students as compared with OBC and Schedule Caste, in the same way section B had more OBC students and similarly section C had more SC students," he said.<br /><br />Some students had alleged that discrimination was being done in the class on basis of caste in seating arrangements and admissions in the college.<br /><br />They had complained that the absurd practice was going on since April 1, the day new session started.<br /><br />"We are planning to take strict action...We have advised the college administration to distribute the students evenly in the class and this should be done urgently," the DM added. <br /></div>
<div>A principal in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district worked out his own "caste arithmetic", segregating students of Class IX on the basis of their caste and appointing class teachers on a similar basis, prompting authorities to remove him.<br /><br />Acting on complaints that Radhey Shyam Varshney, Principal of Seth Phulchand Bagla Inter College, a government- aided institution, had segregated students on the basis of their caste -- Scheduled Caste, Backward and General -- District Magistrate Avinash Krishna Singh ordered a probe by the District Inspector of Schools (DIoS).<br /><br />After the matter was found to be true, the principal was removed.<br /><br />Varshney had also appointed same caste teachers in the class and three of them, working as class teachers, have also been removed from their respective posts.<br /><br />As per Varshney's scheme of things, a general category teacher was appointed for a classroom having general students. Likewise, a a scheduled caste teacher was chosen for a classroom with SC students, and an OBC teacher for OBC students.<br /><br />"We had received a complaint of discrimination against Principal of Seth Phulchand Baagla Inter College for separating classes on the basis of caste. We conducted an inquiry and found that three sections -- A, B, C -- of Class 9 had difference in ratio over the distribution of General, SC and OBC students," Singh said.<br /><br />"Section A had more of General category students as compared with OBC and Schedule Caste, in the same way section B had more OBC students and similarly section C had more SC students," he said.<br /><br />Some students had alleged that discrimination was being done in the class on basis of caste in seating arrangements and admissions in the college.<br /><br />They had complained that the absurd practice was going on since April 1, the day new session started.<br /><br />"We are planning to take strict action...We have advised the college administration to distribute the students evenly in the class and this should be done urgently," the DM added. <br /></div>