Sexual harassment of students: Parents up in arms against HM of Sasthana Pandeshwar school

Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, Jan 30, 2014 : Members of the Jaya Karnataka organisation along with  parents of the students studying in the  Pandeshwar Government Aided Higher Primary School at Sasthana near here gathered in large numbers outside the school on January 29, Wednesday  and demanded the transfer of the headmaster of the school who  was allegedly sexually harassing the female students.

There had been a complaint since long that the headmaster Parameshwar Acharya (58)  who has just two  more years to go   for his retirement used to  sexually harass the girl students  both physically  and mentally by making vulgar statements. It is learnt, he has been serving this school  which has as many as 95 students from classes  one to seven, since the past nine years.

Interestingly, the headmaster who had somehow gathered information about the protest, had cleverly abstained from duty on Wednesday. However, when the protestors who were demanding the transfer of the headmaster were unrelenting, the Brahmavar Block Education Officer Nagendra Shanbagh and Taluk Physical Education Officer Madukar rushed to the spot and persuaded the agitators to withdraw the protest by assuring to initiate necessary action after consulting with the management of the aided school.

Meanwhile, the protestors   have warned of a severe agitation on January 30, Thursday if the headmaster was not transferred by then.