Kerala Hugging Row: School Revokes Suspension Of Boy Student

The management arrived at a consensus to revoke the suspension after a meeting with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.

Two teenagers were expelled from a Kerala school after they exchanged a hug.

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In a relief to the class XII boy student from Kerala, who was suspended for hugging a girl, the management of the school in Thiruvananthapuram revoked the disciplinary action and allowed him to write the coming board examinations.

It is all resolved and the boy who already wrote the internal exam will be allowed to appear for the coming examinations. There is no problem whatsoever. We are for the welfare of the children

Sebastian T Joseph, School Principal

The girl student could also continue in the school and there was no issue on that either, he said.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had held a meeting with the representatives of the church-run school management and the parents of the students few days ago to find a way out to settle the matter. The meeting arrived at a general consensus to resolve the issue.

There are still some i s to be dotted and t s to be crossed but we are almost there...I applaud all involved for having approached the issue in a constructive spirit. This has to be win-win; the school must win back its reputation and the kids their academic careers.

The St Thomas Central School at Mukkolakkal has been in the eye of a storm after the incident which occurred on 21 July came to the media glare nearly five months later, in December.

The boy had hugged the 11th standard girl student after her performance in a music competition following which the management had suspended him.