Denial of legitimate space to workers' children

Children of workers are denied admissions to common schools.

• • One of the institute employees posted several relevant letters they wrote on the Alumni group on facebook -- this concerns several of the Mess Workers'/Hostel Employees' children being denied admission in Central School on behest of IIT Kanpur.
    In this context we wrote the following letter to the administration.

  • Note that the conditions of contract workers is even worse, as we learned in our meeting with Valmiki Samaj representatives in March 2013, to quote from the minutes:
    "Another worker also brought in the issue of education: the children of these workers are being denied admissions in Central and Campus Schools through various means (refusing to give admission forms, demanding this certificate and that etc.). This even as it continues to get admissions from outside campus while several of the parents have lived or worked in the campus for more than a decade or two. They were passionate and eloquent about the subject, as one worker put it: hamare dadaji bhi safai karte the aur hamare pitaji bhi, hum bhi safai kar rahe hain. Kya hamare bachhe bhi kewal safai karenge?"

Children of those living in servant quarters are denied access to common playgrounds according to involved student groups.