Kolkata: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought a report from West Bengal officials on the death of an eight-year-old student after he was allegedly assaulted by his teacher in class. The commission took up the matter after a report on CNN-IBN.
The NCPCR has asked the South 24 Parganas district administration for a detailed report on the circumstances around the student's death.
The eight-year-old, a student of Nirdeshkhali school in Basanti, was allegedly slapped by his teacher and his head was banged against the wall several times on May 15. The teacher had found the boy playing in the class and throwing school bags around.
The student reportedly suffered severe brain hemorrhage from the brutal assault. The teacher, Chompa Mondal, was arrested after the boy's parents and relatives protested against the school and district administration....
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10:21 AM, May 18, 2013
Kolkata: Alleged corporal punishment left an 8-year-old dead in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal. The student died after his head was allegedly banged against the wall by a teacher. The incident happened at the Nirdeshkhali school at Basanti in South 24 Parganas. The child was beaten up on May 15 as a punishment for throwing bags across the classroom during the class. The accused teacher has been arrested. More...
01:38 PM, May 17, 2013
A class V student of a government school in Fatehgarh Sahib was hospitalised after he was allegedly thrashed by a teacher. ...
12:46 AM, Mar 03, 2013
In another corporal punishment shocker, a class five student in Kannauj died allegedly after being beaten by his teacher. The family claims the boy returned home late and was very weak. He was rushed to a hospital when he collapsed but died a few hours later. ...
08:45 AM, Dec 11, 2012
A government school teacher in Rajouri district of Jammu has been suspended after he allegedly beat up an eight-year-old girl for not joining his private academy. Dheeraj Kumar has fled the village and is on the run. ...
03:01 PM, Dec 08, 2012
In a shocking case of corporal punishment, an 8-year-old girl was brutally thrashed by a teacher for not leaving her government school to join his private academy. ...
09:24 AM, Dec 07, 2012
In a shocking case of corporal punishment from Betul district in Madhya Pradesh, a class IV student died after he was allegedly beaten up by his teachers. The teachers suspected that the nine-year-old had broken a bucket. ...
07:27 AM, Dec 05, 2012
A ten-year-old boy who immolated himself in Bijapur succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. The fourth standard student was reportedly depressed because his teacher had threatened to punish him if he did not do his homework. ...
04:13 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Rajahmundry: The East Godavari district education officer on Thursday directed the head of the Ananparthy corporate schools to conduct an inquiry and submit a report on the incident of a teacher "allegedly forcing a four-year-old boy to drink his own urine". A four-year-old student, studying in LKG at Satyabhama English Medium school at Ananparthy, on Wednesday while urgently wanting to go to the toilet, urinated in a plastic bottle in...
03:51 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Hyderabad: A principal of a primary school at Fatehnagar here was on Thursday arrested on allegations of corporal punishment meted out to a five-year old student, police said. Following a complaint by the mother of the LKG student, principal Mumtaz Ahmed who also runs the school, was arrested. Ahmed allegedly hit the boy with a stick resulting in bruises on his back as a punishment for reportedly not attending the...
02:36 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Hassan: A shocking case of corporal punishment has been reported from Hassan, Karnataka where a 10-year-old girl of a government school was beaten up by her class teacher for not doing her homework. In the past four months, the once cheerful little fourth standard student has changed completely. She doesn't talk anymore, except to recall her name, barely recognises her own family and has not been eating well. Pushpa Devraj's...
07:22 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Hyderabad: There seems to be no letdown in cases of corporal punishment in Andhra Pradesh. Two cases have been reported from the state in less than 48 hours, one of them proving fatal. A class X student Mohammed Islmail died after he was allegedly made to do sit ups as punishment in the school. The victim's parents allege that after the punishment, the boy suffered a breakdown and died in...
06:34 AM, Sep 14, 2012
Hyderabad: In a shocking case of corporal punishment in Andhra Pradesh, a class X student died after he was allegedly made to do sit ups as punishment in the school. The victim's parents allege that after the punishment, the boy suffered a breakdown and died in the hospital. Relatives of the victim protested outside the Royal Embassy High School and broke furniture. No official complaint has been lodged yet. The...
06:41 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Piya's case is the first such case where a student is being compensated for corporal punishment. ...
08:21 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Jaipur: A school will give Rs 15 Lakh to corporal punishment victim Piya Choudhry. Piya had lost her eyes to corporal punishment in 2010. The school has also tendered an apology to Piya and her parents. Ompati Choudhary, the mother of Piya, had appealed for justice on CNN-IBN two years back. Following the report, the Rajasthan High Court had directed the parties including the State Child rights commission and school...
11:27 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Bandel: In a shocking case of corporal punishment on the Teachers Day in West Bengal, the Vice Principal of the Don Bosco School, a reputed missionary school, in Bandel on Wednesday allegedly hit three students with a fire extinguisher. The students of class IV of the school were decorating their classroom for the Teachers Day celebrations and playing with the fire extinguisher when the Vice Principal, Subir Mondal, entered the...
08:55 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: A contempt of court petition against Prime Manmohan Singh will be heard in Kolkata on Friday in connection with the corporal punishment case at the prestigious Visva-Bharati University. The PM is the Chancellor of the University. In a shocking incident earlier this month, a 10-year-old girl student was made to lick her own urine as punishment for bedwetting by her hostel warden. A PIL claimed that the school...
08:18 AM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: The mother of the child who was forced to lick urine in Shantiniketan allegedly wanted a shock treatment to cure the girl of bedwetting, according to the HRD Ministry's report which was submitted to the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday. The HRD Ministry has submitted a two page report to the PMO. But the PMO will reportedly not get into the matter since it is sub-judice. The report...
08:01 PM, Jul 11, 2012
In a shameful and shocking incident of corporal punishment at West Bengal's Visva-Bharati University, a 10-year-old girl was forced to drink her urine as punishment for bed wetting by her hostel warden. ...
10:22 AM, Jul 10, 2012
The PMO steps into the Vishva Bharti university controversy at Santiniketan after a 10-year-old is forced to drink urine by her hostel warden for bedwetting. ...
11:22 PM, Jul 09, 2012
