West Bengal Education minister Partha Chatterjee Monday said the violence in North Dinajpur district in which two students were killed was not the handiwork of school children but "done by outsiders in an organised manner."
Chatterjee talking to reporters here after a meeting with District Inspector(DI) of schools said the government will get everything related to Thursday's violence at the Darivit High School at Islampur probed.
"We want normalcy to be restored. But the way the furniture and equipment inside the Darivisit High school building got smashed on that day, this can't be the handiwork of school children," he said in reply to a question.
"This must have been done by outsiders in an organised manner," Chatterjee said.
Reiterating the death of two students was tragic, the minister said, "We will get everything related to the incident probed and take strict action accordingly. None will be spared."
About the meeting with DIs, Chatterjee said, every District Inspector of schools should immediately inform the concerned District Magistrate and Commissioner of School Education about any emergent situation in any school under the DI's jurisdiction from now on.
The DIs would also need to mandatorily inform the DM and Education Officer about any managing committee recommendations regarding recruitment of teachers, Chatterjee said.
"We have also asked the DIs to visit every school in his/her respective area by October 5 and see the infrastructure, number of teacher-students, the required number, everything," he said.
The minister said if any appointment was made for the secondary section in a school, the concerned DI should not make any decision to convert that appointment for the higher secondary section of the same institution which has no legal sanctity.
About the teacher strength in Darivit High School, where the violence had broken out on Thursday, Chatterjee maintained there were 22 sanctioned posts for teachers including five para-teachers going by the report of the district education department, "But may be the students were asking for additional teachers which is within their rights."
Tapas Barman, a 3rd year college student and Rajesh Sarkar, an ITI student, died in the violence which broke out on September 20 at Darivit High School in Islampur area of North Dinajpur district.
Local people alleged that the two students were killed in police firing but DIG Raiganj range Jayanta Paul denied the charge.
The opposition BJP has called a 12-hour shutdown in the state over the issue on September 26.
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