HC issues notices to school and PTA

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HC issues notices to school and PTA

Kochi, June. 28 (PTI): The Kerala High Court today issued notices to

the authorities and Parents Teachers Association of a school in

Kottayam, where five HIV positive children were facing 'boycott' by

other students.

The division bench, comprising Chief Justice H L Dathu and Justice K

T Sankaran, issued the notices through a special messenger on a

petition by the Foundation for Integrated Research in Mental Health,

Thiruvananthapuram.

The petitioner had sought a direction to the authorities of Mar

Dionysius Primary school at Pampady to permit the five HIV positive

children to continue their studies there and not to discriminate

them.

They also sought a direction to the government to frame a policy or

law with regard to the treatment of HIV/AIDS positive persons and

prevent discrimination against them in educational institutions.

The five children, studying in class II and III, are not attending

classes as parents of other children have threatened to withdraw

their wards from the school.

The children were not permitted to continue their studies in the

school in December last after parents of other students came to know

about their HIV status. After pressure from government mounted, the

school authorities re-admitted them this month.

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