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A teacher of a government-aided schoolhouse was placed nether suspension connected Friday for allegedly punishing a pupil for refusing to sing supplication hymns successful Salem.
At a government-aided girl’s higher secondary schoolhouse astatine Nethimedu successful Salem Corporation, Class VIII teacher, Jayarose, reportedly asked the students to sing 5 hymns praising Jesus Christ and Mary connected Wednesday. When a 12-year-old pupil did not sing the hymns, the teacher questioned her and allegedly made her basal for 5 periods. The miss became sick and successful the evening, different teacher gave her h2o and made her sit.
The teacher allegedly threatened the miss not to use beatified ash and kumkum connected her forehead and said she would region it utilizing a blade. The teacher besides circulated an audio successful the parents’ WhatsApp radical praising Christians and Britishers. The BJP took up the contented with Collector R. Brindha Devi connected Thursday, who instructed the School Education Department to behaviour an inquiry.
Based connected the instruction, the District Education Officer (DEO) for Secondary Education, Narasimman, visited the schoolhouse connected Thursday and conducted an enquiry with the teacher and the schoolhouse administration. The DEO besides inquired the pupil and got a written connection from the pupil astir the incident. The DEO submitted a study to the Chief Educational Officer (CEO), Kabeer.
On Friday, the schoolhouse medication suspended Ms. Jayarose. When contacted, the CEO confirmed the suspension. “As this is simply a minority institution, lone the schoolhouse analogous tin suspend the teacher. The analogous besides submitted a study to the Department,” the CEO added.
