Summary:
Long way to go: Mohammed Asim at Government Upper Primary School, Velimanna, in Kozhikode. | Photo Credit: NPmore-inThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued an “order” to the Uttar Pradesh government seeking “appropriate action” when a request to upgrade a government upper primary school in Kozhikode district was placed before it. Noushad Thekkayil, a human rights activist, had sought the rights panel’s intervention to get Government Upper Primary School, Velimanna, in Kozhikode, upgraded to enable the higher studies of Mohammed Asim, a boy born with 90% disability. Plea deniedHe had staged a dharna outside the Kozhikode Collectorate. The Education Department cited technical reasons to deny the plea..