Despite a ban on corporal punishment, yet another student
has fallen victim to the abuse with a 12-year-old girl being admitted to a
hospital here after she was allegedly caned by her teacher for being 'slow' in
copying questions from a text book.According to the complaint lodged by the girl's mother, she
found severe "caning marks" on her daughter's back when the uniform
was removed after her return from the private school at Pennagaram, 48 km from
here, yesterday, police said today, adding a case has been registered.On being questioned, the girl said the teacher, Suresh, who
was conducting a test in Social Science wanted her to copy the questions from
the text book into the notebook and answer them. As she was slow in doing it,
he allegedly beat her up with a cane, police said.The girl was admitted to hospital last night.
When contacted, the school management declined to comment.
Chief Educational Officer S Amudhavalli said on receiving
the complaint, a proper inquiry would be conducted and action initiated against
the teacher.The incident comes close on the heels of a 14-year-old boy
of a private school in Perambalur district being allegedly forced to drink his
urine by three teachers who were arrested on charge of beating him up.
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