Student's suicide: Child Rights commission registers case

The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights today on its own registered a case in connection with the death of a student who had allegedly ended his life after school authorities reportedly decided not to promote him to the 10th standard.

The commission in a press release said the parents of the student had been summoned by the private school management and they were asked to shift the boy to another school.

The boy committed suicide fearing that the school would not promote him to the 10th standard next year, police said.

School authorities, however, told TV channels that no such decision had been taken.

According to reports, the school management had decided not to promote 12 students to the tenth standard to ensure 100 per cent pass percentage in the SSLC exam.

Some activists of the CPI(M) backed Students Federation of India allegedly vandalised the school at Pambady in Kottayam district following the student's suicide on Sunday last.