Navi Mumbai schools organise silent protest

Teachers, students and parents of DAV School in Nerul, along with those of other schools in the area, organised a silent rally on Friday to protest against the blackening of the face of their principal by MNS party workers on December 14.

Teachers, students and parents of DAV School in Nerul, along with those of other schools in the area, organised a silent rally on Friday to protest against the blackening of the face of their principal by MNS party workers on December 14.

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The massive peace rally that began around 9 am from the school in the Seawoods area made its way to SIES College in Sector 9 of Nerul and back, a distance of almost 8 km. Despite the long march, the students were determined to convey a strong message that they vehemently opposed the MNS action. DAV schoolteacher Kanchan Misra said, “The rally is to protest the intervention of the political parties in school administration.”

Prashant Patil, a student in the rally, said, “The people who attacked the principal do not know the value of a teacher, who is a guru.”

Several schools in the city remained closed on the day. Some that had not received information of the closure couldn’t intimate the s tudents and hence functioned normally.

Plans are afoot to call for another strike, probably on Monday.