http://news.oneindia.in/2010/07/15/parents-deny-dalit-cook-in-school-in-up.html
No to Dalit cook in school: Upper caste parents
Thursday, July 15, 2010, 11:48 [IST]
New Delhi, Jul 15: Upper castes parents took their children out of
school just because some Dalits cooked the mid day meal in the school
in Uttar Pradesh.
Buzz up!According to CNN-IBN report, parents of the students belonging
to the upper castes in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh had withdrawn
their wards from the government schools than allowing them to have
meals prepared by Dalit cooks.
"Upper caste parents are pulling their children out of school saying
that they don't want them to eat food cooked by Dalits," said Virpal
Singh, a school teacher to CNN-IBN.
However, appointing Dalit cooks for mid-day meal is an ambitious
project of Mayawati's government to tackle the caste discrimination.
In schools have upto 25 students only one Dalit woman will be
appointed but in schools have upto 100 students, one Dalit and a non
Dalit cook will be appointed.
Read: हिन्दी में / മലയാളതതില്
If the number of students increases, cooks from backward classes will
also be appointed.
But it now seems Mayawati's project is facing problems as strong
oppositions are coming from the upper castes in Kannauj to Kanpur,
Allahabad and Shahjahanpur.
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