Drunk TN school headmaster goes on medical leave after parents’ protest
Only 13 students study in the Panchayat Union Primary School. S Thiruchelvam of Nallipalayam has been working as the headmaster of the school for the last five years.

Only 13 students study in the Panchayat Union Primary School. S Thiruchelvam of Nallipalayam has been working as the headmaster of the school for the last five years.
The museum traces the origins of the all-girls' residential school, established ten years after Independence by Hersilia Susie Oliphant and Grace Mary Linnell. It includes archival material, photographs, personal notes, and memorabilia from former principals and alumnae, highlighting milestones from the school's early years to the present.
Previously, the syllabus for the exam included content taught from June to Aug. With the revised schedule, the syllabus will now cover academic content from June to September.
The accused, an employee of the government-run school, has been booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), an official said.
The incident, three days after seven children were killed when a portion of a government school building collapsed in Jhalawar, took place in a school in the Ramgarh area.
Help finally arrived in the form of their very own school teachers, who donned the role of a mentor to guide not only Keya, Shristi and Mofida, but thousands like them, to tide over academic problems, performance anxiety, behavioural difficulties and even issues at home.
The upcoming module, spread across 8 to 10 pages, will be structured in two parts to cater to different age groups. The first segment is designed for students from Classes 3 to 8, while second will be tailored for Classes 9 to 12. Officials involved in the process said initiative is intended to instil awareness among students about India's defence capabilities, scientific progress, and its growing stature in national and global security.
School education director general Kanchan Verma has directed that the training of these children will commence on Aug 1 and continue until March 31, 2026. To make this mission effective, volunteers will be appointed to motivate children and reignite their interest in learning.
The qualitative study, conducted by the Salaam Bombay Foundation in collaboration with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), focused on 72 students from nine BMC schools across the city. Through candid focus group discussions (FGDs), researchers discovered that nearly one in four students had tried vaping - often under the mistaken belief that it was safer than smoking.
An FIR was lodged against the principal of the private school located in Rajan Estate, Chuharpur Road, Jagjeev Parmar, on the complaint of Mohit Kumar Verma, a resident of Sarpanch Colony, Balloke village.
The cases were reported from two separate government residential girls' high schools in the district's Tumudibandh block.