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Chitral teacher suspended for beating students

The 96-second video shot from a cell-phone shows an unidentified male teacher beating students at a government school

Our Correspondent August 03, 2016

A screengrab shows the teacher using a stick to beat students. PHOTO EXPRESS

PESHAWAR: A schoolteacher, who brutally beat students at a stae-run elementary school in Chitral, has been suspended after a cell phone video which caught him in the act went viral.

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Elementary and Secondary Education (E&SE) also formed a two-member committee to conduct an inquiry into the use of corporal punishment by the teacher.

Video of Chitral schoolteacher beating minor students emerges online

The 96-second video shot from a cell-phone, which went viral on social media before being picked up by television channels on Tuesday, shows an unidentified male teacher beating students at a government school.

Taking notice of the incident, the E&SE director issued a notification in which the District Education Officer (male) for Chitral has been directed to immediately suspend the teacher and submit a report.

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Further, the inquiry committee comprising DEO Chitral Hanifullah and principal of GCMHS Chitral Kamalud Din will identify the head of the institution where the incident took place and fix responsibility.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 3^rd, 2016.

COMMENTS (7)

Shamim siddiqui | 7 years ago | Reply These kind of teachers who have no control over themselves are not supposed to have control or so much freedom to handle children especially the girls. The way this man was beating them without any mercy or feelings as though he owned them and the school. This cruelty is absolutely wrong and this horrible man should not be suspended he should be out of the school, but as far as I know he will be suspended for a few days and will return with more energy and revenge to beat some more children. He should not be given a job in schools. If he has some influence or knows some big shot he can be reinstated. This easily happens only in Pakistan

Jadugar | 7 years ago | Reply It's painful to watch helpless children physically being abused by a full grown Man ((animal)) perhaps he should be administered a dose of his own medicine. If I had my way people like him will be incapable of holding a Stick.