At a time when the education department is stressing on inclusion in schools, and a strict adherence to rules as prescribed by the Right to Education (RTE) Act, five-year-old Vinayak Jigalmadi, a student of Cumballa Hill High School, was not only made to repeat a year in kindergarten, but has also been asked to seek admission in another school.

The school authorities have asked the boy’s parents to arrange for a special teacher, to take care of him in school