The authorities in India are investigating allegations that staff at a private school in Bangalore deliberately humiliated the poorer children it was legally obliged to teach. The children are reportedly from low-caste Hindu communities. The school administration has made no comment. Andrew North reports from Delhi.
据悉班加罗尔一家私立学校的员工故意侮辱儿童,根据法律,该学校有义务教育这些儿童,目前印度当局正在调查此案。据悉这些儿童来自低阶层的印度社区,学校当局目前没有对此表态,Andrew North在德里报道。
Indian schools are supposed to reserve up to a quarter of their places for children from poorer backgrounds, but many private institutions oppose what's known as the right to education quota – among them, this school in Bangalore. Parents of four children admitted under the scheme complained to the local authorities that they had tufts of their hair cut off to distinguish them from other children. They're also denied the same uniform as other children, their parents say, and made to sit at the back of the class to humiliate them.
按照规定,印度学校应为穷人阶层的孩子保留四分之一的名额,但许多私立学校反对所谓的教育配额权,班加罗尔这所学校就是这样。在该项目下学校的4名儿童的父母向当局投诉,称学校员工将他们孩子的头发剃去一绺以区别于其他孩子,这些孩子还不能穿和其他学生一样的校服,被羞辱坐在教室的最后一排。