Kerala’s Education Minister Abdul Rub has revealed his own meanness by ordering the transfer of the headmistress of the Cotton Hill Girls School, the most prestigious of the government-run girls’ school in the state, on a flimsy ground. That the teacher is a Dalit is not a factor that can be overlooked. It is most unlikely that a minister will have the courage to take such action against a non-Dalit teacher. The minister’s explanation that a committee which was asked to look into the teacher’s conduct had recommended harsher punishment but he settled for a smaller punishment reveals another fact of life: the readiness of minions to be more loyal than the king. The minister must withdraw the action against the teacher and apologize to the public for his atrocious behavior.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:35:58 +0000