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

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.



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.



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.