Archive · 24 Aug 2026
School Thik Karo Campaign Raises Questions Over Education System
A campaign called School Thik Karo is highlighting problems in government schools.
Abdul Hafiz went to record the poor condition of a school in his area.
The article says that people attacked him on 13 August.
His father, Sheikh Mohammad Mafik, was also attacked when he tried to help.
Mafik died in a hospital two days later.
The article says Hafiz had earlier joined a protest and received threats from people linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
It also describes how journalist Pawan Jaiswal reported a school meal consisting only of roti and salt in 2019.
The article says these cases raise questions about whether authorities protect people who expose problems in schools.
Sheikh Mohammad Mafik died on 15 August after allegedly being assaulted while trying to protect his son, Abdul Hafiz.
Hafiz had been documenting the poor condition of a government school in Bankura, West Bengal, for the School Thik Karo Campaign.
The article alleges that Hafiz had faced threats from people linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party after joining a protest at Jantar Mantar.
In 2019, journalist Pawan Jaiswal reported that children at a school in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, were served roti and salt as a midday meal.
The article argues that people exposing failures in government schools can face retaliation instead of official accountability.
- Who
- Sheikh Mohammad Mafik, his son Abdul Hafiz, journalist Pawan Jaiswal, and people involved in the School Thik Karo Campaign.
- What
- The article discusses Mafik’s death after an alleged assault, Hafiz’s school-condition campaign, and earlier reporting on poor school meals.
- When
- Mafik was allegedly assaulted on 13 August and died on 15 August; Jaiswal’s report was in 2019, and he died in 2022.
- Where
- The reported assault occurred in Bankura district, West Bengal; Hafiz had also participated in a protest at Jantar Mantar. Jaiswal’s report concerned a school in Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- Hafiz was documenting the condition of a government school, while the article presents the incidents as examples of retaliation against people exposing education-system failures.
- Campaign
- School Thik Karo Campaign
- Victim
- Sheikh Mohammad Mafik
- Reported assault
- 13 August; Mafik died two days later
- Location
- Bankura district, West Bengal
- Earlier case
- Pawan Jaiswal reported a school serving children roti and salt in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019
- Legal outcome
- The cases against Jaiswal were eventually dropped
- Jaiswal’s death
- He died of cancer in 2022