The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) has issued a show-cause notice to a Kharghar-based school after it barred a female student from appearing for the SSC board exam in 2018-19 over non-payment of school fees.  The school allegedly withheld the student’s leaving certificate too, resulting in a loss of four academic years.

The Harmony School, located in Kharghar’s Sector 36, allegedly meted out the same treatment to the student’s younger sister, who was in class V at the time. The commission has given the school management seven days to reply to the notice and has asked the education officer to conduct a probe into the matter.