Overview

• St Rita’s Public School in Palluruthy and its PTA plan to file petitions contesting the Deputy Director of Education’s report in the Kerala High Court.
• The DDE report asserts the school committed serious lapses by preventing the student from attending classes, framing it as a violation of the right to education.
• The PTA says the report was prepared without proper hearings with the management or parents and that a petition will be filed soon.
• The Kerala High Court has directed police protection for the campus as the dispute is addressed through legal and community channels.
• Following mediation involving MP Hibi Eden, the student's father said he would follow the uniform policy, while the girl remains absent citing illness and the school says she was never expelled.