📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Ganesh Dhamodkar from Nagpur, India
Education
Maharashtra school shaves half of 500 students' heads overnight, trend goes viral
✍️ India Today
🗓 05 Oct 2026, 07:31 AM
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A school in Maharashtra trimmed half of the hair of 500 students in a single night, prompting a wave of online posts featuring the half‑shaved look.
A school in Maharashtra carried out an overnight haircut that left half of the hair removed from 500 students. The operation was completed while the campus was closed, and the students woke up to a dramatically altered appearance.
Images of the half‑shaved heads spread rapidly across platforms such as Instagram, X and TikTok, where users tagged the posts with hashtags related to the viral trend. Within hours, thousands of comments and shares highlighted both surprise and curiosity about the school’s motive.
The incident has drawn attention from education authorities, who said they are reviewing the event to ensure that such activities comply with student welfare guidelines. No official statement regarding disciplinary action has been released as of now.
Parents of several students expressed mixed reactions, with some describing the experience as a memorable surprise while others raised concerns about consent. The episode underscores how a localized school activity can quickly become a nationwide social media phenomenon.
Images of the half‑shaved heads spread rapidly across platforms such as Instagram, X and TikTok, where users tagged the posts with hashtags related to the viral trend. Within hours, thousands of comments and shares highlighted both surprise and curiosity about the school’s motive.
The incident has drawn attention from education authorities, who said they are reviewing the event to ensure that such activities comply with student welfare guidelines. No official statement regarding disciplinary action has been released as of now.
Parents of several students expressed mixed reactions, with some describing the experience as a memorable surprise while others raised concerns about consent. The episode underscores how a localized school activity can quickly become a nationwide social media phenomenon.