Imphal, July 28 : Sainik School, Imphal, blamed “corrupted mindsets” for the agitation by Class IX and X students on Sunday and Monday and said it was an attempt to tarnish the image of the school and its principal Col Ravi Kumar.
This is the first time the school has reacted officially to the agitation by the students who demanded withdrawal of the code of conduct card issued to students and against the alleged high-handedness of the principal.
The school termed the allegations against the principal and his family members as baseless and said it was an attempt to settle personal scores. It did not, however, specify who the disgruntled elements were.
It said the conduct card was implemented to ensure “meticulous discipline without physical, corporal, suspension, withdrawal, punishment from this academic session”.
“The principal never picked up a cane or an instrument to give corporal punishment to students. The reality was that since his arrival, physical punishment, ragging or beating and other forms of corporal punishment had become obsolete in the school and the principal never used abusive language,” the statement given by the school said.