Mumbai corporator seeks child rights commission's intervention over Colaba school closure
He alleges that around 1,500 students of a BMC-run school in Colaba have been attending online classes after both its buildings were declared unsafe.
In his letter to the MSCPCR, Narwekar stated that these students belong to Mumbai Public School at A M Sawant Marg, Colaba, which has a total strength of over 1,500 students. "The Child Rights Commission should issue a notice to the BMC and investigate the handling of these closures, which has made students from modest backgrounds suffer.
Senior BMC education department officials must be held accountable for playing with the future of these students.
The commission should fix responsibility on these officials for destroying the future of the children," said Narwekar, adding that the BMC has made no alternate arrangements for the 1,500 students, forcing them to opt for online classes.
BMC did not respond to Narwekar's allegations.
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