File photo of Nayabasan Janakalyan Vidyapeeth, where the students locked up the school staff
Class XI students of a school in West Midnapore district who had failed in the annual examination, today allegedly locked up the 50-odd staff and secretary of the school after their meeting failed to yield any result.
The students of the Nayabasan Janakalyan Vidyapeeth at Gopiballabhpur said they would not open the gate till they all were promoted to class XII, said Ashok Pattanaik, secretary of the school's managing committee.
A total of 90 out of 247 students who had appeared for Class XI annual examination conducted by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education have flunked.
The school authorities said they could not do anything to help the students due to norms of the Council, Mr Pattanaik said.
The question papers of Class XI are set by the Council but the assessment of answers scripts are done internally. The results of the Class XI examination are to be declared by the end of this month across the state.
The meeting between students and the authorities including the secretary began at 9 am but failed to resolve the issue till 10.30 when the school was closed for the day, Mr Pattanaik said.
When students of all the others classes left, these 90 students allegedly locked the outside gate with 52 people - all the teaching and non-teaching staff and Mr Pattanaik - still inside.
Sources said the local police station had been informed by the school about the incident but were hesitating to take any action as a large number of school students were involved.
The matter was resolved amicably around 12 noon and the school staff was let out.