School prevents students from writing exam

JALANDHAR: Three Dalit students were allegedly not allowed to sit in the final examinations by a private school citing unpaid school fees. The children's father, Balwinder Singh said he had requested the St Soldier School authorities to give him time till March 20 to pay the pending fees but they only agreed to wait till March 10. However, school principal Pratibha denied the allegation saying, “The students were not barred from appearing in the exam. They had appeared in the examinations conducted before March 10 but later they stopped coming to school on their own.” District Magistrate KK Yadav has inquired into the incident, saying preventing students from appearing in tests is wrong.