The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken serious cognisance of the matter mid-day highlighted last year in November, when a six-year-old boy was barred from attending classes in a Dombivli-based school, after his mother complained about alleged corporal punishment meted to him by a teacher. It has asked authorities concerned, including the deputy commissioner of education, Thane, and the Collector to urgently investigate the matter, and issue appropriate instructions to comply with the provisions of the Right to Education Act.

The letters
On January 17, NCPCR registrar Jagannath Pati wrote to Thane's Deputy Commissioner of Education Manish Joshi, regarding a complaint against The Shri Ram Universal School (TSUS), Dombivli, for allegedly harassing the boy, Advik Shetty, with respect to the violations of Section l7 of RTE Act 2009. A copy of the letter was dispatched to Rajesh J. Narvekar, Thane district collector and Shivaji Rathod, district superintendent of police. The NCPCR has asked the authorities to submit their reports within 10 days to their headquarters in Delhi. They were to send the reports by January 27.