Woman assaulted at school fete

It is really an unsightly event by the Deputy Director –Education, Alappuzha to manhandle the mother of a student participant for photographing in her mobile the ugly scene enacted by the DDE at the school fete venue at Thuravoor. The teacher turned DDE should learn how to behave in public. Seemingly he is incompetent to guide the teacher community and to maintain a peaceful atmosphere for school education in the district. He should be given compulsory retirement from service.

The whole fete at Thuravoor was carried out erratically and DDE sending parents to programme committee and the programme committee sending back them to DDE for rectification of grievance is evidently an indication of the lack organisational ability of the department. Local goons taking charge of school fete have made all events nasty. Shashikala, a poet from Punnapra and the mother of the Ottumthullal participant is a known figure in the cultural world of Alappuzha and people know her well that she would never indulge in nasty acts as did by the DDE.

If the teachers in charge of the fete are not able conduct it neatly transfer their duty to police or abandon all such meets in the future. Women whether a presiding officer or a budding poet- all are assaulted by goons in and around Alappuzha. This must stop.
K A Solaman