Whom to blame?
Regarding the tragic deaths of so many innocent children, I find it really irritating to see the everybody pushing the responsibility on others. Who is to blame? Government, School management, Education department's officials, fire department......list is big. I think the blame lies on everyone...meaning, every citizen of India. A bit far fletched???..actually no. Think about it, all we care is about our rights..how many times have we cared about duties. The school management should have adhered to the rules of safety, the Government should have seen that the rules are forced, the education department's official should have conducted necessary inspections, fire and safety department must have been more vigilant, and above all parents should know where they want to put their children and if they are safe. Ignorance can never be an excuse. The sad part is, opposition parties push the blame on Government and Government on the officials and so on. If we check the history of the school, when it was built, then probably we can find that all the Governments can be blamed for. It is the poor of India that find really pathetic. First they are ignorant and second they cannot offord if they knew. Look at most of the convents in the cities. Very rarely we find such events happening. Anyway, not just the students, even the teachers should be taught how to handle fire. Mass evacuation is a difficult excercise at the least..so cannot blame the teachers for everything.