Thiruvananthapuram: Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb has said that he personally does not support girls and boys sitting together.
'It's okay if they are sitting in chairs. I don't know whether there are any colleges in Kerala where students sit close to each other in classrooms,' he said. The minister added that the students could sit however they want if they and the institution had no objection.
The minister was responding to the controversy started in Farook College over the suspension of a few students for sitting together in the classroom. No complaints have been received regarding the Farook College incident. It has nothing to do with gender discrimination, Rabb added.