CRAZY INDIA
Three Class 1 kids punished brutally
Hadn’t Pinned ID cards To Uniform
Bangalore: Corporal punishment raised its ugly head once again in Bangalore. Three 6-year-old girls in Class 1 of a school on Kanakapura road were made to run 10 times around the school play ground (which measures around 60 m x 60 m ) and do 50 sit-ups- all because they forgot to pin their identity cards to their uniform.
What’s worse, it was the school principal and vise-principal who supervised the punishment that morning.
As it happens, one girl had her ID card in her bag. Her repeated pleas not to be punished fell on deaf ears. When she returned home in the afternoon, she complained of ear pain. Her mother said the girl had complained of breathlessness after finishing 10 rounds. "In spite of that, she was not given water. Though she refused to run, the principal insisted. We took her to a doctor who confirmed that the pain in the external ear was due to holding it during the sit-ups. She is now complaining of body pain."
The mother added: "I hate punishment. I don’t punish my daughter at home. She is soft-spoken and not known to misbehave. I feel children should not be punished at all."
The parent of another punished girl said her child had a viral fever last week and been advised complete rest. " I did ten rounds and 50 sit-ups which was too much," the girl told STOI. Two weeks ago, another Class 1 student had forgotten her ID card and was given the same punishment. This, despite her carrying an injury sustained earlier which had resulted in five stitches to the head.
Principal address parents
The principal addressed about 50 parents who demanded an explanation on the school’s methods of disciplining children. The principal acknowledgement that the girls had been punished but it was done to discipline the children. Parents argued it was wrong for a school head to make such statements. The principal finally assured them that such incidents would not happen again. Three 6-year-old girls in Class 1 of a school on Kanakapura Road were made to run 10 times around the school playground. But the law say…
The Supreme Court, in December 2000, directed the state to ensure "that children are not subjected to corporal punishment in schools…"
Section 5.6 of the National Policy on Education, 1986, states that "corporal punishment is excluded from the educational system"
The National Charter for Children, 2003, recognizes a child’s right to protection against corporal punishment.
Woman gangraped, burnt by co-workers to hush up matter
Yavatmal: A 30-year- old kitchen help of a school hostel was allegedly gangraped and later set on fire by her co-workers in Belora village of the district, police said.
The victim Taibai Khartade, a kitchen help in the hostel of central Government-run Navodaya Vidyalaya, is struggling for life in the government hospital here with 95 per cent burns.
Ajit Kumar, the mess master of the hostel, was arrested after Taibai named him as prime accused in her statement, Police Station Officer Surendra Gandham said.
The victim has also claimed that an attempt on her life was made, as she knew about alleged irregularities in day-to-day affairs of Navodaya Vidyalaya and its hostel.
The incident took place where she was allegedly gangraped by Ajit Kumar and other employees in the hostel and set afire, he said.
The victim in her second statement to the police has named three other persons who aided and abetted Ajit Kumar in the crime, sources said.
She has named Sheela Agase, Damodhar Bansode and Maroti Ingole, all employees of Navodaya Vidyalaya, in her second declaration, they said.
Drunk man runs car on labourers
New Delhi: Two labourers sleeping on a footpath were injured when a 24-year-old engineer, who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, lost control of his car and ran over them.
Simran Sodhi, who was driving the car, was arrested and charged under Sections 279 (rash and negligent driving) and 337 (causing injury), said deputy commissioner of police H G S Dhaliwal.
Sodhi was returning home with his friend from a hotel when the incident took place near Sarojini Nagar in South Delhi at around 2 am.
"He was under the influence of alcohol. He lost control of his car which came on to the footpath and hit labourers who were sleeping," Dhaliwal said. The injured labourers were rushed to AIIMS, where doctors said they were in a stable condition. A police official said a medical test confirmed that Sodhi was under the influence of alcohol. The woman who was in the car was let-off after questioning.
Hadn’t Pinned ID cards To Uniform
Bangalore: Corporal punishment raised its ugly head once again in Bangalore. Three 6-year-old girls in Class 1 of a school on Kanakapura road were made to run 10 times around the school play ground (which measures around 60 m x 60 m ) and do 50 sit-ups- all because they forgot to pin their identity cards to their uniform.
What’s worse, it was the school principal and vise-principal who supervised the punishment that morning.
As it happens, one girl had her ID card in her bag. Her repeated pleas not to be punished fell on deaf ears. When she returned home in the afternoon, she complained of ear pain. Her mother said the girl had complained of breathlessness after finishing 10 rounds. "In spite of that, she was not given water. Though she refused to run, the principal insisted. We took her to a doctor who confirmed that the pain in the external ear was due to holding it during the sit-ups. She is now complaining of body pain."
The mother added: "I hate punishment. I don’t punish my daughter at home. She is soft-spoken and not known to misbehave. I feel children should not be punished at all."
The parent of another punished girl said her child had a viral fever last week and been advised complete rest. " I did ten rounds and 50 sit-ups which was too much," the girl told STOI. Two weeks ago, another Class 1 student had forgotten her ID card and was given the same punishment. This, despite her carrying an injury sustained earlier which had resulted in five stitches to the head.
Principal address parents
The principal addressed about 50 parents who demanded an explanation on the school’s methods of disciplining children. The principal acknowledgement that the girls had been punished but it was done to discipline the children. Parents argued it was wrong for a school head to make such statements. The principal finally assured them that such incidents would not happen again. Three 6-year-old girls in Class 1 of a school on Kanakapura Road were made to run 10 times around the school playground. But the law say…
The Supreme Court, in December 2000, directed the state to ensure "that children are not subjected to corporal punishment in schools…"
Section 5.6 of the National Policy on Education, 1986, states that "corporal punishment is excluded from the educational system"
The National Charter for Children, 2003, recognizes a child’s right to protection against corporal punishment.
Woman gangraped, burnt by co-workers to hush up matter
Yavatmal: A 30-year- old kitchen help of a school hostel was allegedly gangraped and later set on fire by her co-workers in Belora village of the district, police said.
The victim Taibai Khartade, a kitchen help in the hostel of central Government-run Navodaya Vidyalaya, is struggling for life in the government hospital here with 95 per cent burns.
Ajit Kumar, the mess master of the hostel, was arrested after Taibai named him as prime accused in her statement, Police Station Officer Surendra Gandham said.
The victim has also claimed that an attempt on her life was made, as she knew about alleged irregularities in day-to-day affairs of Navodaya Vidyalaya and its hostel.
The incident took place where she was allegedly gangraped by Ajit Kumar and other employees in the hostel and set afire, he said.
The victim in her second statement to the police has named three other persons who aided and abetted Ajit Kumar in the crime, sources said.
She has named Sheela Agase, Damodhar Bansode and Maroti Ingole, all employees of Navodaya Vidyalaya, in her second declaration, they said.
Drunk man runs car on labourers
New Delhi: Two labourers sleeping on a footpath were injured when a 24-year-old engineer, who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, lost control of his car and ran over them.
Simran Sodhi, who was driving the car, was arrested and charged under Sections 279 (rash and negligent driving) and 337 (causing injury), said deputy commissioner of police H G S Dhaliwal.
Sodhi was returning home with his friend from a hotel when the incident took place near Sarojini Nagar in South Delhi at around 2 am.
"He was under the influence of alcohol. He lost control of his car which came on to the footpath and hit labourers who were sleeping," Dhaliwal said. The injured labourers were rushed to AIIMS, where doctors said they were in a stable condition. A police official said a medical test confirmed that Sodhi was under the influence of alcohol. The woman who was in the car was let-off after questioning.
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