Tribune News Service Jalandhar April 16 An FIR has been filed against a school principal in Jalandhar for allowing her school to open and conducting an exam during pandemic restrictions. Notably the state government has ordered the closure of all government and private schools during the pandemic. No student can be asked to come to school during this period. Sunita Rana principal of SVM Senior Secondary School was booked on April 14 for allowing her school to open amid the pandemic and also calling students to appear in the exam. An FIR has been registered against the principal under Section 188 of the IPC Section 54 of the Disaster Management Act and Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act. Upon inspection police teams found the school open gates ajar and students writing on the table and some of them sitting on stairs. Ajaib Singh SHO of the Cantt police station said “As per the pandemic protocols students cannot be called to attend school. But in the said school a practical exam was being conducted at great risk to childrens life. At least 25 students were present in the school in violation of the guidelines. While a case was registered against principal Sunita Rana on April 14 she secured bail soon after.” Sources said government schools were abiding by guidelines and only calling staff but some private schools were repeatedly calling students to school. Objections were raised by some parents and residents when schools were ordered to be closed by the government last month. They said amidst the pandemic the fear of huge losses was also prompting some private schools to call students. Meanwhile following a furore raised by parents at a school in Kapurthala on Thursday a teacher was booked for alleged obscene behaviour with a student. The police said the school was open during the pandemic at which the Kapurthala police expressed surprise.

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