The Telangana government decertified a private school in Hyderabad on Friday after learning that the principal's driver had physically abused a 4-year-old girl there. P. Sabitha Indra Reddy, the minister of education, gave the Hyderabad District Education Officer the order to cancel DAV Public School's recognition. The minister instructed DEO to make plans to transfer the pupils to other recognized schools, nevertheless, to ensure that their education would not be impacted. She requested that the DEO take all necessary measures to relieve the parents' concerns. Three days after the school's principal's driver was detained by the police for allegedly se*ually assaulting a girl student, the minister issued the directive. The Principal was detained for carelessness as well.
