On April 17, 2025, classes resumed in Ghanashyampur Primary School in Dhulian, attacked in Murshidabad. Image source: Debasish Bhaduri
A few days after the Violent Protest and Violence (Samsherganj) of the WAQF (Amendment Act) in Murshidabad, West Bengal, about 800 students quietly resumed their courses from April 11 to 12.
Ghanashyampur Primary School under Tinpakuria Gram Panchayat in Samsherganj Police Station District resumed its April 16 course for seniors to level 5 students, second only to violent mobs that destroyed multiple stores and houses in the Dhulian and Samsherganj neighborhoods.
The three died in the firefight – a father-son duo of three, a 21-year-old man in Suti. The affected population still lives in fear, demanding permanent deployment of central forces in the region.
After the violence from April 11 to 12, violence affected the violent family in Murshidabad, Murshidabad, Murshidabad, receiving heavy letters at Pallalpur High School in the Marda area. |Photo source: Debasish Bhaduri
The school’s 45-year-old principal, Sofikul Alam, said students and teachers had been doing school activities and safely returning home on the day of violence in the area.
“The school will be closed from April 14 to 15 to hold government-mandated holidays. Then, on April 16, teachers at the school went from door to door to convince the guardian to get the children to school. Many people convinced many students, many of whom were attending classes regularly,” Mr. Alam said. Hindu.
Mohammed Farookh Hossain, a math teacher in the school, said that students’ lives are only a radius of two kilometers at most, while teachers live further away, so they struggle more in a tense atmosphere.
“Even if people are still scared, we want to make sure schools are open. We believe that regular schooling for kids is crucial to returning to normal levels in this field,” Hawthorne said.
Another teacher at the school, Apurba Sarkar, responded to a similar view, adding that children’s education should not be hindered by fear.
“After shocks of violence are still working in everyone’s mind. Although we all understand fear and worry, we can’t continue to live in this horror. At some point, we have to return to normal life and help children overcome their fear.”
At about 11 o’clock, mathematics courses are provided for Level 5 students.
A Level 5 student said: “I was very scared in the past few days. I felt very weak inside. But I missed school and friends, so when the troops came, my parents felt the situation had calmed down and I decided to go to school.”
Peace coexist
Mr. Alam said that until this incident, samsherganj was known as a paradise of public harmony, and people of all religious backgrounds were used to coexist peacefully.
“In this school, despite the violence a few days ago, teachers in both communities did not feel any pain, no pain, nor did they feel any pain,” Alam said.
He added that teachers from both communities united to help bury a former school principal who died for natural reasons a few days after the violence.
“Teacher, a Hindus has been sick for several years. He died on April 15, a few days after the violence. Family friends, Hindus and Muslims, have provided the family with the final ritual. I did paperwork at the Dhulian crematorium,” said Mr. Alam.
publishing – April 18, 2025, 10:01 pm IST
