NHRC issues notice to WB govt after HIV-positive boy barred from school

January 16, 2016 12:54

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a private school in Bishnupur area of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal banned an HIV positive student.

According to reports, the school also forced his maternal grandmother, a teacher in the same school, to take a 'purity test' and since then she has been a target to repeated verbal abuse.

The commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victim, most importantly, the Right to Education of the seven year old boy.

Accordingly, it has issued a notice to the chief secretary, government of West Bengal calling for a detailed report in the matter within four weeks.

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