In a shocking incident, a primary school teacher in Paali, near Ulundurpet in Villupuram district, burned her students with camphor as punishment for poor academic performance.
In a shocking incident, a primary school teacher in Paali, near Ulundurpet in Villupuram district, burned her students with camphor as punishment for poor academic performance.
Both teacher Vaijayanthimala and headmaster Varadarajan of the panchayat union primary school, were suspended on Friday after an inquiry by the district chief educational officer S. Mars and district elementary education officer Ilangovan. The incident took place on Thursday morning.
Vaijayanthimala called 13 of her Class 4 students and enquired about their poor academic performance. She was reportedly not happy with the kids’ reply. Asking other students to hold their 13 classmates, she lit camphor on their feet. As the students cried in pain, the teacher threatened them not to reveal it to anyone.
Agitated parents surrounded the school on Friday morning. Police officials pacified the parents and admitted the students to the Ulundurpet government hospital for treatment.
All of them had blisters on their feet. District education officials rushed to the school and after conducting an inquiry suspended both the teacher and headmaster of the school.
