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It was reported at a Galle District child development committee meeting held yesterday that a teacher of a popular girls’ school in Galle had got 44 children of a year 4 class to knock another girl on the head as a punishment for an offence allegedly committed by her.

This grade four student had been thus punished for a minor offence allegedly committed by her. The teacher had asked 44 children, out of a class of 50, to knock the girl on the head.this was reported at the meeting by the Galle probation officer Ms. K. Nanayakkara

Saying to the girl,“you look guilty,” this science teacher, who is a trainee teacher at the school, had meted out this cruel punishment. It had caused much grief and pain to the student who had later been afraid to go to school.


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  • The God Father Wednesday, 25 May 2016 12:45 PM

    She is in the wrong profession, either she apologizes at the assembly to the child or must be imprisoned, she must be an ideal person to work in the butcher shop, moron.

    Sonali Wednesday, 25 May 2016 05:01 PM

    Are we training sadists or psychopaths as teachers? This teacher needs to be taken to a psychologist to get her mental status verified.

    jolly bird Wednesday, 25 May 2016 06:12 PM

    Selecting teachers for the profession should be done after undergoing thorough studies of the temperament of the person concerned using different types of verbal interrogation. via DM Android App

    Sunil Wednesday, 25 May 2016 06:20 PM

    Not only Galle schools this and similar incidents used to happen in leading schools in Colombo too. Hope they don't happen in Colombo schools any more.

    Coconut Republic Thursday, 26 May 2016 02:29 PM

    Plz send the poor kid for a scanning to check the impact of the punishment

    ABC Thursday, 26 May 2016 03:32 PM

    should follow up a proper screen up process before recruitment s are taking place. establish compulsorily requirement to have a valid certificate from the relevant religious exams conducted by all Buddhists Hindu Catholic

    ABC Thursday, 26 May 2016 03:37 PM

    Mostly Sunday schools produce good citizens. Promote Sunday schools with good selected teachers since now a days we cant sure about anything or any one.

    Why Thursday, 02 June 2016 01:24 AM

    The country is full of sadists right from the top. Kindness is not in their blood any more. It is about revenge anger and a pleasure from bullying the vulnerable. That teacher should be sent to parliament where she fits in a lot better than in a classroom damaging children.


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