Kendrapara, Feb. 14 -- Families in Nuagaon village in Odisha's Kendrapara have allegedly stopped sending their children to a local Anganwadi after the appointment of Sarmistha Sethi, a cook from the Scheduled Caste category, in November last year.

Sarmistha Sethi, the cook, said she joined the Anganwadi on November 20, but students have not been attending because she is from the Scheduled Caste. She added that officials are aware of the situation.

"I joined on 20 November last year. Students are not coming here because I belong to the Scheduled Caste. It has been three months like this. Something like this should not happen in the education sector. I am a cook here. The sub-collector officer and tehsildar also know about this issue," Se...