The Directorate of Inspection and Registration of Private Institutions in Sindh has cancelled the registration of a school located in Karachi’s North Nazimabad area after a fifth-grade student was allegedly humiliated for speaking in Urdu.
According to details, the five-member inquiry committee formed after the student’s father made a video claiming that his son was marked and insulted for speaking Urdu in school has presented its report to Sindh Minister for Education and Culture Syed Sardar Ali Shah.
The directorate, in its report, said that the student named Moosa was not only insulted by a teacher, but his face was also stained with black ink. Moreover, he was made a laughing stock only for speaking Urdu, the national language of Pakistan.
The directorate cancelled the registration of private schools and imposed a fine of 100,000 rupees on the management for their negligence, which allowed the incident to happen.
