DYFI calls for monitoring committee in Coimbatore to prevent unfair expulsion of students from schools
Members of the organisation submitted a petition to the Coimbatore Collector on Monday, highlighting their concerns.
In the petition, DYFI alleged that some government higher secondary schools are pressuring students with low performance to obtain Transfer Certificates (TCs) in order to maintain a 100% pass rate. Students are reportedly told to assist their fathers at work or to enrol in ITIs instead of continuing formal education.
The organisation also raised concerns about discriminatory remarks made to students from linguistic minority communities. In some cases, teachers allegedly questioned parents for choosing Tamil-medium education, suggesting their children would fare better in their mother tongue—an approach DYFI said was rooted in bias.
Such practices, the outfit said, undermine the Tamil Nadu government's efforts to reduce school dropouts. It demanded disciplinary action against teachers involved and called for the formation of a monitoring panel to safeguard students' right to education.
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