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UWell, it didnāt go as I thought it would! EVERYBODY (from the authorities e.g., school, education officer, children discriminations & protection department) who came across was against our views. On the other hand, ALL the parents we came across were SUPER supportive.
Lawyers we met, either were very very expensive or just didnāt know what to do with this case.
Anyway, we did everything we possibly could. I mean at the end of the day, it was the fighting against the principals.
We won many friendsā¦ I did a workshopā¦ showing other parents, different food eating practices all around the worldā¦ among school-goers. [Including Indians – and, of course VIP NRI Jains š]
UUPDATE (Jan 27th):# Actions taken so far…
# Direct Complaints to the School. Raised multiple complaints via MyGIIS portal. Personally met with the school principal, Mr. Caesar DāSilva, whoĀ justifiedĀ the discrimination instead of addressing it. Tried resolving the matter internally, and involved Global Schools HQ, but the school remainedĀ uncooperative and unapologetic.
Filed a formal complaint with the District Education Officer (DEO). DEO assured a joint hearing, but it has not yet taken place.
Filed a complaint with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)Ā āĀ Awaiting response.
Filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)Ā āĀ Awaiting response.
Filed a complaint on the Chief Minister of Gujaratās grievance portalĀ ā Awaiting response.
Filed a complaint with the Gujarat State Education DepartmentĀ ā Awaiting response.
Escalated the matter to CBSE for violating student rightsĀ ā Awaiting response.Contacted Ahmedabad MirrorĀ ā no reply.
Contacted VTV Gujarati ā no reply.
Contacted Divya Bhaskar – no reply.
Reached out to national and digital mediaĀ (The Wire, Scroll, The Print, Quint) – no reply.
Reached out to influencers e.g. Dhruv Rathee – no reply.
Created a Change.org petitionĀ ā 2 signatures so far.Any advice on what else we should do?
UWe’ve filed a petition on [change.org](http://change.org), would appreciate it if you support this and would sign it here: [https://chng.it/ZBxgBGS4hW](https://chng.it/ZBxgBGS4hW)UAbsolutely. And, that’s why it should be. Everybody knows that and still, they wouldn’t take a stand against food-based discrimination.UWhy the school did not inform us in advance before taking such action against a 5 year old kid who cannot defend himself? Why the school does not want to stablish a clear policy saying that ONLY VEG FOOD is allowed in school? Until today there is not such policy.. so, its all about pretending to be open to differences when they are not. If they would have mention this clearly in advance we would have never chosen such a school. If they would have warned us about they would take such action against our son when he brings non veg, we won’t have sent non veg school and just look for other schools immediately. No need to defend vegetarianism here, no one is against that! IT’S about school bias management and discrimination towards him!. Hope you understand now!UIt might work sometimes. But our fight is not against vegetarians, our fight is against the school principal and its teachers that without any policy or previous communication with us took such action against our child for several days. Its about the violation against his human rights and the school intentional discriminative practice against him. Hope it makes senseUAlready signed a non continuation form. He will finish this semester and get out. Don’t want our child anywhere near these people
