The teacher made 10-year-old school girl to do 200 sit-ups in one hour for not combing her hair properly. The incident afterwards sent a shockwave among parents and they protested at the school.
The incident took place in an English medium School in Maninagar. The District Education Officer (DEO) has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Meanwhile, the girl’s father filed a FIR accusing the school’s trustee of using corporal punishment.
According to education department officials, Honey Prajapati, 10, a resident of CTM, is in class V at Lalita Green Lawns School near Jawahar Chowk in Maninagar.
For the past few days, she had a swelling on her head due to which she could not comb her hair properly while going to school on Monday.
The school has a rule mandating two braids but she had tied her hair in a ponytail.
Pravin Prajapati, a tea stall owner and Honey’s father, said the class teacher took the case to a trustee. Afterwards which Honey was taken near the principal’s office.
She did not listen to her explanation for the ponytail. The teacher insisted that she be punished for flouting the rules, he said. Honey was made to perform sit-ups for one period or approximately one hour.
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