Chennai: In a shocking incident, a primary school teacher in Paali, near Ulundurpet in Villupuram district, burned her students with camphor as a punishment for poor academic performance.
Both teacher Vaijayanthimala and headmaster Varadarajan of the panchayat union primary school, were suspended on Friday after an inquiry by the district chief educational officer S. Mars and district elementary education officer Ilangovan.
The incident took place on Thursday morning. Vaijayanthimala, 4th standard teacher, called 13 of her students and enquired about their poor academic performance. She was reportedly not happy with the kids’ reply. Asking other students to hold their 13 classmates, she lit camphor on their feet. As the students cried in pain, the teacher threatened them not to reveal this to anyone.
After hearing about the shocking incident from their wards, agitated parents surrounded the school, protesting against the barbaric punishment of the teacher on Friday morning. Police officials pacified the parents and with the help of ambulance services admitted the students to the Ulundurpet government hospital for treatment. All of them had blisters on their feet. District education officials rushed to the school and after conducting an inquiry suspended both the teacher and headmaster of the school.
District education officials rushed to the school and after conducting
an inquiry suspended both the teacher and headmaster of the school.
