HYDERABAD: Two instances of corporal punishment were reported on Saturday in two different schools of the city.
A Class VI student, Sri Charan, belonging to Sri Chaitanya School, Medipally, was made to do a 100 sit-ups, because of his absence for a week from school due to typhoid. Despite hearing about his feverish condition, the teacher did not pay any attention. From the video footage available, the student could not even walk properly due to the severe punishment.
In another instance, at SVS Grammar School, Hayathnagar, an LKG student, Y. Dhanush was beaten by his teacher with a ruler for not talking to his classmates and not paying attention in class.
Sticks, wooden rulers and wooden dusters were also banned in order to reduce the misuse of these items by teachers, but still, some of these materials are creeping into schools despite ban.
The managements are not taking the ban on corporal punishments seriously. Y. Ganesh, the parent of Dhanush, said, “When we visited the school regarding the issue, the management was reluctant to give any explanation. Principal Venkatesh Reddy asked us not to make a fuss for a ‘small issue’ and to ‘ignore it’. He said that they had not beaten the child intentionally and it was done to control the behaviour in class. The teacher, however, said that the child had been beaten.”
