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A eleven-year old school girl Shanno Khan from an MCD in north Delhi, who went into a coma after being beaten and asked to stand under the Sun for two hours by her teacher as punishment for not being able to recite the alphabets, has died. Shanno was on a life support system since Wenesday.
Corporal punishment is illegal in India but some teachers continue to mete out such punishment in some schools. Most teachers get away with a mild warning when they are taken to task.
As punishment, Shanno was apparently made to stand in a pose where the child was asked to stand in a semi-squatting position with her hands passing between the legs to hold her ears. Most children are familiar with this punishment which is called “Murga.” But on top of that a brick was placed on her back and she was left in the scorching heat of the summer Sun.
The police took 48 hours to file the case against the teacher, Manju. The teacher has since been arrested and booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after the student’s death. The teacher was suspended along with the principal of the school. In her statement, the teacher has sought to rubbish the story.
Asked in what way he would like the erring teacher to be punished, Shanno’s father, Ayub Khan, said: “I have lost my child. I want strong action against the teacher.” He wonders how his other two daughters who study in the same school would be able to continue their studies in the school where the absusive behaviour of a teacher was responsible for the death of their sister.
How long will this go on? When will we learn from our past mistakes? Can we say that we have seen the last of such cases in India? Or, will it take the lives of more children before we put a stop to this kind of inhuman punishment?
“Spare the rod and spoil the child,” is an outdated dictum. It is time to take a second look at it. “Spare the rod and spare the child,” looks like a plausible edited version of the old dictum.
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That shows your humane sensibilities. I join you in prayer to God for granting peace to the soul of Shanno and courage to see the family through this hour of bereavement.
The problem lies in the quality of the teachers. It’s not only the subject he/she must know. The laws governing the teaching system and the school management also be included included in teaching curriculam
. There were horrific cases reported on corporal punishments . Retinal distortion,fracture of the limbs and coma and deaths.
In 2000 the Supreme court of India directed The National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)to take immediate steps not to perpetrate any more child atrocities in the school and elsewhere.
In this case also NCPCR seem to have taken some action. But the death of this case is quite pitiable.
Yet another life lost. But lets take some lessons this time.
[http://www.onebilliondolts.com/shannoo-khan-victim-of-gross-negligence/497/]
The performance of a child depends on a whole lot of variables. Beginning with IQ level, it could go on to other things like family atmosphere, peer interface, facilities and sources among other things.
If every child performs the same way, there would be no need to rank them. The teachers should actually have the approach of a mother who is more attentive towards the weaker child.
The teachers must be free from their family burdens. What quarell they have with their husbands or wives, or any kind of worries, they unload on the children in the school.
Further the class room is congested. Teachers taught ratio should be 1:25, and in Indian schools it is invariably
1:45. Some children are polite and some children are play like. All these issues are considered common and handled in a polite manner as routine procedure. If the teachers fail to understand these things will not be fit enough to be teacher at all.
It is important to learn to compartmentalise the different facets of our life. And, it is also important to deal with problem arising out of every event then and there. If we do not do that we end up with a huge stock of pent up emotions. That is bad for us. And, that is bad for the society.
The teachers must be free from their family burdens. What quarell they have with their husbands or wives, or any kind of worries, they unload on the children in the school.
Further the class room is congested. Teachers taught ratio should be 1:25, and in Indian schools it is invariably
1:45. Some children are polite and some children are play like. All these issues are considered common and handled in a polite manner as routine procedure. If the teachers fail to understand these things will not be fit enough to be teacher at all.
