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A Grade VII student of a school in Nawalapitya who was punished by his teacher was subsequently caned by the principal, warranting admission to hospital.
The school principal was taken into custody but later released on the intervention of area residents and boy’s mother.
The student was allegedly sent out of class by the teacher as a punishment for a misdemeanour, when the principal who was passing by decided to cane him on the assumption that he was loitering.
The boy who returned home with cane marks on his body was questioned by his mother, who then admitted him to the hospital and lodged a complaint with the Nawalapitiya Police. He was discharged after two days.
The boy’s father, a policeman had died when was shot while serving in the North a while back. (Suranga Rajanayake )
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Comments - Twice-punished student ends up in hospital
M.Muttha Monday, 10 March 2014 05:31 AM
It appears that some of the teachers and principals need psychiatric treatment. via DM iPad app
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C.K.Lankaputhra Monday, 10 March 2014 01:40 AM
Now most teachers think that they are army officers. But in fact, some are lunatics
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Mano Monday, 10 March 2014 03:27 AM
The principal would have caned LTTE if he had been sent to north earlier.
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Fayad Monday, 10 March 2014 04:53 AM
High time to stop physical punishment in schools
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JDR Monday, 10 March 2014 06:11 AM
school principals and teachers should set an examples to others.
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Campos Monday, 10 March 2014 06:15 AM
Isn't corporal punishment ALREADY illegal? By the way, in some of the shops near the temple in Boralesgamuwa canes are sold. What is their purpose?
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Bawnis Kalubaba Monday, 10 March 2014 06:30 AM
I got to know that the Principal was released with the help of the Minister of that area, which is the most wrong act.
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zeylanicus Monday, 10 March 2014 06:36 AM
We should use the cane on teachers and principals where necessary. If they don't complete syllabus on time, if they don't send their pension papers fully complete - just publicly cane them.
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shanthapriya Monday, 10 March 2014 06:38 AM
definitely some teachers need psychiatric treatment. they release their stress from innocent year 01 students. good example is an elderly teacher of a year 01 class of a leading school in Colombo 03 discussions are in progress regarding this teacher who beats very new year 01 students, at ministerial level
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ryan Monday, 10 March 2014 12:13 PM
phisical punishment is a must thing in scools. by living in a western country for more than 15 years ive seen terrible behavior of school kids and you wont believe how they treat their teachers. these days western people are experiencing terrible consequences of new strategies theve introduced to the child education system a generation ago and they have a wide discussion of changing them back to the old way. via DM Android App
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ANTON Monday, 10 March 2014 07:30 AM
I WONDER WHO GAVE THESE PEOPLE TEACHING POSTS.
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Fuzzy Monday, 10 March 2014 02:27 PM
Domestic issues is a main cause for this type of behavior. Poor students pay the price for the teachers mental imbalance. via DM Android App
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M.Muttha Monday, 10 March 2014 07:10 PM
Well said, Fuzzy. via DM iPad app
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