India, Nov. 25 -- Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood has written to St Columba's School following the suicide of a Class 10 student, and called upon the city's schools to go beyond procedural compliance and create emotionally safe, empathetic, and responsive ecosystems for children.
Last Tuesday, the 16-year-old student of St Columba's School, who wanted to be "the next Shah Rukh Khan", jumped from the platform of Rajendra Place metro station, following months of alleged harassment by his teachers.
It has been alleged that on the day of the tragic incident, he was "mocked" and humiliated by a teacher for "overacting" after he slipped and fell.
In the November 21 letter, Sood said he was writing "not merely as a minister, but as a conce...