Shillong, March 17: In pursuance of the information received with regard to the death of a 13 year old student from Meghalaya who was a student of Class VI at a residential School of Gokul Educational Institution in T Kagepura Village,Mandya District of Karnataka.
Meghalaya Government sent a Special Team consisting of Officials from the Education Department, Govt of Meghalaya was constituted and immediately sent to the place of occurrence. The team will coordinate with the concerned District Administration and would help to provide important updates to the parents of the students from Meghalaya.
As per the information received till now, this School has a total of 202 Students out of which 23students are from Meghalaya and who were residing in the hostel where the incident occurred. All the students were taken to hospital immediately by the district administration.
The Education Department is in constant touch with the District Magistrate of the Mandya District who has assured full support in the matter. One of the students who is in a critical condition has been referred to a higher medical facility.
All others are in stable condition. Nodal Officers have been deputed by the district administration to ensure the needed medical assistance is provided to all concerned.
