Mayiladuthirai: St. Paul’s Girls’ School Student Allegedly Slapped By Teacher For Refusing To Sweep Classroom

It has come to light that the administration of St. Paul’s Girls’ Higher Secondary School in Mayiladuthurai has been compelling their students to clean their classrooms to “instill” discipline. This was exposed by a ninth-grade student who refused to follow this order. When the student resisted this order, she was met with a slap on her face from the teacher.

A 14-year-old girl from Mayiladuthurai, who had completed her eighth grade at a school on Poompuhar Road, was enrolled by her parents into the ninth grade at a government-aided school (St. Paul’s Girls’ Higher Secondary School) in the same town. On her first day at the new school, an incident occurred when the school day ended – the teacher slapped the student on her cheek when she mentioned that she had to board her van that was waiting outside to take her home. Upon returning home, the girl promptly informed her parents about the incident.

The following day, the girl’s parents visited the school to discuss how their daughter was treated the previous day at school. It turned into a heated exchange with the school administration. The parents were upset that they were asked to pick up their daughter who was there to study. They decided to withdraw her from the school and expressed their intention to enroll her in a different institution. They also accused the school administration of intimidating the female students under the guise of discipline.

Speaking to news reporters the student said, “I just joined yesterday. At 4:30, when the bell rang, a teacher came and asked me to sweep, I said the van would come, I’m late, and I have to go. She slapped me on the cheek asking, ‘You have just joined, how arrogant are you?‘”

In response to these allegations, the school administration stated that a teachers’ meeting was held at the school from 3:30 PM the previous day, during which time no teacher had entered the classroom or physically disciplined the student. They also mentioned that it is a regular practice for students to clean their classrooms while seated on a bench.

(with inputs from ETV Bharat)

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