Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Rajasthan suspends Jaipur principal after deaf students protest conditions
A group of students in Jaipur, India, who cannot hear or speak, were unhappy with their school.
They said the toilets were dirty, there was not enough drinking water, and classrooms had cracked walls.
They also said the food at the school hostel was bad.
More than 100 of them stood outside the school gate to protest.
They used sign language, signs, and written notes to share their complaints.
Some said they had to pay money to call their parents or to be taken to the hospital.
They said there were not enough teachers who knew sign language.
One student was hit by plaster falling from the classroom ceiling, which is when the protest happened.
After the protest, education officials inspected the school and suspended the principal.
A teacher and another staff member also faced disciplinary action.
Rajasthan Education Department suspended principal Bharat Joshi of the Government Seth Anandilal Poddar Senior Secondary School in Jaipur with immediate effect.
More than 100 hearing- and speech-impaired students protested Wednesday outside the school gate using sign language, placards, and written messages.
Students alleged unhygienic toilets, a shortage of drinking water, cracked classroom walls, a dilapidated building, and poor hostel food.
The protest followed an incident in which plaster fell from a classroom ceiling and struck a student.
Disciplinary action was also initiated against a teacher and a Class IV employee after an inspection and a report from the district education officer.
- Who
- More than 100 hearing- and speech-impaired students of Government Seth Anandilal Poddar Senior Secondary School, and principal Bharat Joshi, who was suspended by the Rajasthan Education Department.
- What
- A protest by deaf and mute students over poor infrastructure, food, and unaddressed complaints, followed by the principal's suspension.
- When
- The protest took place on Wednesday; the suspension was reported on Thursday.
- Where
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, at the Government Seth Anandilal Poddar Senior Secondary School.
- Why
- Students said repeated complaints about unhygienic toilets, water shortages, dilapidated classrooms, and hostel food went unaddressed, and the protest followed ceiling plaster falling on a student.
- School
- Government Seth Anandilal Poddar Senior Secondary School
- Location
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Suspended official
- Principal Bharat Joshi (with immediate effect)
- Student protesters
- More than 100
- Total students
- 583
- Hostel residents
- 282
- Protest trigger
- Ceiling plaster fell and struck a student
- Other action taken
- Disciplinary action against a teacher and a Class IV employee