Click to play videoNew Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has asked authorities in Andhra Pradesh to explain incidents of ill-treatment of primary school students in the state.
The NHRC has sent notices to the Collector of Hyderabad and the secretary to the Andhra Pradesh Department of Primary Education regarding the case of Shirisha, a Class III student who was given electric shocks by her school principal.
The report also cited the case of five-year-old Devi Vara Prasad who was injured after his teacher pushed him in class.
Shirisha, a Class III student of the Good Shepherd International High School in Tuni in East Godavari, has scars on her hands and feet after her teacher gave her electric shocks.
Their teachers have no regrets for their action.
Meanwhile, ten-year-old Shirisha is traumatised and has stopped attending school.
The authorities at Shirisha’s school though are unrepentant and think they've done anything wrong. Principal Krishan Rao said the punishment was meant to “improve” Shirisha.
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