Noida: A Class 7 student was allegedly locked inside a washroom for nearly an hour at a private school in Greater Noida. The girl’s father claimed his daughter was reprimanded and asked to write an apology after she reported it to her class teacher. The girl, he claimed, was left shaken by the incident and skipped school for a day. Ashok, the girl’s father, told TOI that his daughter went to the washroom during lunch break on Feb 19 when someone bolted its door from outside. She was found only after the cleaning staff arrived nearly an hour later. “When she told her teacher what happened, she was scolded and asked to write an apology letter,” Ashok claimed. “If a student is missing for 1 hour, how come no teacher noticed it? The school administrators could have alerted us,” he said.The family said they would approach the district magistrate and basic shiksha adhikari, seeking clarity on whether safety protocols were followed by the school. “CCTV footage from the premises should be reviewed to establish responsibility,” he said.The school, meanwhile, claimed it constituted a committee to look into the incident, and the matter was resolved. The principal told TOI that the student’s parents were being interviewed as part of the inquiry. “The matter is being closely monitored. After the investigation, it was found that a few students wanted to skip classes, so they did it. However, the matter is resolved now. We spoke to the parents, too,” she said.
