Ahmedabad school stabbing: Offline classes for Class 10 and 12 students to begin on October 3

If safety protocols are followed by the school, a decision on beginning offline classes for other classes will be taken in the coming days, the DEO said.

The school is yet to take the security measures suggested by a special team and remained uncooperative with the investigation being done by the education department, the DEO said.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Chaudhary said, “The school officials are not cooperating with the investigation. We have sought some specific documents from the school, but they are yet to submit those. We don’t know whether they don’t have the documents, or they don’t want to share them. So, we will be sending a final notice demanding the school to submit a list of documents to the department. Even the High Court has asked the school to cooperate with the investigation of the department.”

Asked which security protocols and conditions the school had not yet fulfilled, the DEO said: “The school was asked to put up CCTV cameras in various areas, but the lobby, stairwell and grounds are yet to be covered. The school also has not appointed proper security guards. The safety committee has found many such lacunae.”

As many as 10,800 students are enrolled in the school and 500 had collected school Leaving Certificates (LCs) after the student’s death.

A protest erupted at the school on August 20, hours after the Class 10 student succumbed to a stabbing wound he suffered outside the school’s main gate the previous day. The deceased was allegedly stabbed by another student of the same school over an altercation between them a week ago. Protesters had assaulted teachers and the principal and damaged the school building and its property, before the police could bring the situation under control.