Here is another case of corporal punishment. I think it is high time some serious action was taken against the schools and erring teachers.

IBN Reports

A sixth standard student of the Vinod English High School in Bangalore, Sangeetha was physically tortured by seven of her teachers on Thursday.

The teachers said that Sangeetha hadn’t done her homework well enough. This little girl now has injuries on her head, hands, legs, and back.

“All the subject teachers came and beat me up in front of everyone,” said Sangeetha.

Sangeetha’s parents, distraught at their child’s state, are lashing out at the school authorities.

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Says Chairperson, State Women’s Commission, Pramila Nesargi, “The Education Department must suspend the license of the school and see that the school does not function anymore.”

It was only last week that the National Commission for protection of Child Rights directed all states to check incidents of corporal punishment. Yet this brutal incident clearly shows that these directions are yet to be taken seriously.

Instead of closing the schools, the teachers should be suspended and should not be allowed to take up teaching some for at least one year.