Arunachal- Teachers force 88 girl students to undress as punishment

Itanagar

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Can you imagine,  ” a teacher can ask all the  students of the same class to undressed themselves before other as a punishment of writing vulgar words against the head teacher” but such an incident has been reported from a girls school in Arunachal Pradesh

According to the report two assistant teachers and a junior teacher of  Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Tani Happa (New Sagalee) in Papum Pare district forced 88 students from class VI and VII to undress before other students following the recovery of a piece of paper containing vulgar words about the head teacher and a girl student. the incident was took place on Nov 23.

The matter, however, came to light on November 27 after the victims approached the All Sagalee Students Union (ASSU), who then filed an FIR with the local police.

Papum Pare Superintendent of Police Tumme Amo today confirmed the filing of the FIR by ASSU. He said the case has been forwarded to the women police station here.

“The officer in-charge of the (women) police station said the victims and their parents along with the teachers will be interrogated before registering a case,” Amo said.

A team of All Papum Pare District Students Union (APPDSU) had met the students and teachers yesterday, and found that an unidentified student had used vulgar words in a piece of paper mentioning the name of the head teacher and a girl student, a release by APPDSU said.

The teachers demanded an explanation from all the 88 students of classes VI and VII, who were later made to undress before the other students as punishment, it said.

“The school authorities did not speak to the parents of the students before punishing them,” APPDSU president Nabam Tado said.