Education
Teacher accused of hitting pupils
  • | dtinews.vn | October 30, 2015 03:11 PM

A teacher from Thua Thien-Hue Province is being investigated after many parents complained that she had used corporal punishment on her pupils.

Parents of 12 students in class 2/1 lobbied Thuan Hoa Primary School to ask for explanation about the bruises on their children. The teacher, who has now left the school without notice, allegedly admitted to the parents and school administrators that she had smacked the children on the previous day.

 

Parents protest at school about a teacher accused of hitting pupils

A pupil said she had been beaten on her buttocks after being forced to lie down on the desk at the front of the class after failing to write fast enough. "Two fifth-grade students held my hands and legs while the teacher used the ruler to hit me 10 times," she said.

Some students said they had been hit 20 times because they had been too slow writing, misspelled words or laughed in class. According to the parents, the children all had marks from being beaten with a ruler on their buttocks and were still in pain when going to bed.

The school assigned another teacher to class 2/1 after parents claimed they would not let their children go to school until the case was investigated.

The Education and Training Department of Huong Tra Commune held a meeting with Thuan Hoa Primary School to discuss solution and punishment on October 29.

Truong Van Doi, head of the department said, "We are verifying the claims and will announce the conclusion and the punishment as soon as possible."

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