The committee has observed that the school’s attitude towards the examination had been negligent and has recommended that the school must issue an apology.
NEW DELHI: Taking a serious note of the controversial ‘sexual growth in adolescents survey’ that was recently conducted at the capital’s elite Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (SPV), a two-member inquiry committee set up by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is set to recommend that the medical council cancel the registration of the doctors who conducted the survey.
However, while the committee has observed that the team of doctors led by 71-year-old Dr KN Aggarwal, had conducted the medical examination for purely commercial reasons, it blamed the school only of neglect towards the medical examination.
The committee has said the school was not aware of “the actual examinations that were conducted” and has observed that there was no proof of the school allowing the ‘sexual growth survey’ for possible commercial reasons.
The committee, which would submit its report on Tuesday, has also suggested that the central and the state governments must formulate stringent regulatory mechanism to check medical examination of students and any researches or studies involving them.
While Dr Aggarwal has denied the charges levied against him by the committee, he has also alleged that the school had been informed about the details of the medical examination and was now trying to shield itself.
“We had sent a Performa to the school listing the various examinations that we would be conducting. The school is now shielding itself to steer clear of the controversy,” he said.
High Court advocate Ashok Agarwal, who is a member of the committee, observed that while Dr Aggarwal and his team of five doctors sought the permission from the school to carry out simple medical examinations and height/weight measurements, they clearly “exceeded their brief.”
The committee has observed that the school’s attitude towards the examination had been negligent and has recommended that the school must issue a public apology.
It may also suggest that the school must grant compensation to all the students who were made to undergo the “tests” as there fundamental rights, like right to privacy, had been violated.
Vijaya Subramaniam, the school’s principal, declined to make any comment on the committee’s findings.
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