“Non-payment of fee does not give school authorities the right to segregate the child,” it observed. Watch Video: What’s making newsThe student’s father Pardeep Purohit said, “My wife had gone to pick up our daughter from school… she studies in KG. She told my wife she was made to sit alone in another room, all by herself, and was not allowed to attend class. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Friday ordered an inquiry against a school which had allegedly forced a five-year-old student to sit all alone, in another room, as her parents had not paid the school fees. The showcause notice, issued on Sisodia’s direction, has asked the school to respond within seven days.

Source: Indian Express July 15, 2016 23:20 UTC