A 13-year-old student of a city school has been suspended for a Facebook prank targeting his principal.
Authorities at M P Shah English High School, Vile Parle, claim the Class VIII boy posted abusive language on the principal's Facebook wall a few days ago. A source also claimed the school is planning to file a police complaint against the boy.
The principal, Vandana Tandon, said the boy had sent her a friend request a week ago and her daughter had accepted the request by mistake. A week later, when Tandon logged into her account, she saw boy's obscene comments on her wall.
She called for a meeting with his parents, who claimed their son did not post the messages his friend did. They also said their son had been expelled. I was handed over my sons school-leaving certificate at the meeting and, ever since, the principal has refused to interact with us, said the father. My son was studying with a friend from another school, who wrote these messages. We have given a written apology but the school refuses to accept it.
However, the principal denied the boy was handed a leaving certificate, but said he had been suspended for a few days.
The father also claimed that when his son's friend posted profane language on the principal's wall, the principal also replied back to the comment by using more abuses. "When we confronted the principal about this, she told us that her daughter was replying back to the comments made by the students as she was furious," said the father. The principal has deleted this conversation from her wall.
The principal said they have decided to deal with this affair very seriously. "Many children are misusing the internet and we want them to know that social networking is not child's play. He will have to take responsibility for his actions," Tandon said.