US teacher fired for ripping eight-year-old student’s hijab off
Substitute teacher pulled scarf off her head and injured her eye in process
A woman walks past a mannequin wearing an hijab headscarf at a market in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, Belgium PHOTO: REUTERS
A substitute teacher at a Bronx elementary school allegedly ripped off the hijab of an 8-year-old girl when she refused to get out of the teacher's chair, according to the police.
The 31-year-old teacher, Oghenetega Edah, demanded that she take her headscarf off around 1 pm last Tuesday. The girl had been misbehaving and sitting on the teacher's chair.
He had initially tapped her arm in order to get her to move but then threatened to take her head scarf off. According to the police, Edah said “I’m taking it off” and pulled the scarf off her head, injuring her right eye in the process.
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Police sources, however, confirmed that doctors at the Jacobi Hospital said her cornea was not damaged. A spokesperson from the department of education, Michael Aciman, said that “This alleged behaviour is completely unacceptable” and that “this individual was removed from the school immediately and his employment has been terminated.”
Edah became a per diem substitute teacher in January 2017 and was terminated effective May 3, 2017. The police and department of investigation are both investigating the incident.
Thirty three-year-old Yvarie Ortiz, a parent picking her child up from the school, said, “I just feel like teachers are supposed to control their anger a little bit more. That’s why they’re there. To teach and be calm. They’re supposed to be patient. That’s your job. ”
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The 31-year-old teacher, Oghenetega Edah, demanded that she take her headscarf off around 1 pm last Tuesday. The girl had been misbehaving and sitting on the teacher's chair.
He had initially tapped her arm in order to get her to move but then threatened to take her head scarf off. According to the police, Edah said “I’m taking it off” and pulled the scarf off her head, injuring her right eye in the process.
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Police sources, however, confirmed that doctors at the Jacobi Hospital said her cornea was not damaged. A spokesperson from the department of education, Michael Aciman, said that “This alleged behaviour is completely unacceptable” and that “this individual was removed from the school immediately and his employment has been terminated.”
Edah became a per diem substitute teacher in January 2017 and was terminated effective May 3, 2017. The police and department of investigation are both investigating the incident.
Thirty three-year-old Yvarie Ortiz, a parent picking her child up from the school, said, “I just feel like teachers are supposed to control their anger a little bit more. That’s why they’re there. To teach and be calm. They’re supposed to be patient. That’s your job. ”
This post originally appeared on NYPost