India school stamps child's arm over fee delay.

Pedro_P

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▼ Education officials in the north Indian state of Punjab are investigating a school that stamped a student's arm with a notice of non-payment of fees.
The 13-year-old boy's family says he has been refusing to go to school after the "humiliating" incident.
The principal of the private school in Ludhiana city admitted to the action, but said the child's arm was stamped because he "forgot his notebook".
He said the teacher's action was wrong though the stamp was "washable".
The school said the family had not paid fee for two months and had ignored several reminders to pay.
But the family said the behaviour was "inappropriate".
"This is an absolutely inappropriate way to ask for fees," the child's father, who drives an auto-rickshaw for a living, told BBC Punjabi. He said he had asked the school for more time to pay and added that the whole family was feeling "humiliated" by the incident.
Swarnjeet Kaur, the district education officer, said the school was "absolutely wrong" and vowed to take action against those found responsible.

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ssangra

basic education must b made free for people below a certain level of income.

Rhett_Bassard

ssangra 29-5-2019 10:16 AM
basic education must b made free for people below a certain level of income.

Discrimination 101:
free for some people, not for others.

So, in my successful career as a prostitute with unreported income, I'm more entitled to free education than others?
If I re-joined the Army and earned a good income serving my country, I'd have to pay for education?
Has Venezuelan socialism come to India?

ssangra

In the army u hv certain benefits anyway that others dont e.g u get daily use items at a much reduced cost and a much better quality....education is free.......they dont need bumpkins so they make sure they train u.....

The kid of the lady u mention does need an education to mk a new life....everyone has a right to a better life.

warlikeprince

This incident is only one of many such drastic things happens to children in private schools. Private schools raises their fees every now and then also took money from students for nonsense reasons. There way of punishment to students is also harsh...
But for this government should make rules and regulations...

Pedro_P

Well, placing a seal on a child's arm for any reason, is only comparable to the seals that are placed in the slaughterhouses to select the animals that will be slaughtered.
In many places of the world public and private schools coexist, it is a duty of the State to ensure that both public and private schools have and meet minimum standards of educational quality and good psychological, emotional and intellectual development of their students... And this implies good ways in conflict resolution and controversies among all those involved, parents, students, teachers and school directors.

ssangra

maybe indelible seals on principals of such schools will b fitting.

Rhett_Bassard

ssangra 3-6-2019 12:13 PM
maybe indelible seals on principals of such schools will b fitting.

Discrimination 102:
indelible seals for some, not for others.

Will there be seals for parents who don't parent?
Who don't insure their child's attendence at school or completion of homework?
Who don't spend time at the school to insure teaching environment and child's behavior?
Who expect the community to bear the cost of re-education when a child wantonly ignores the lessons?

ssangra

its unforgiveable for a parent to not parent.
or for not monitoring how their child attends school or completes homework....or monitor what happens to the kid at school. However that is outside the purview of the school administration system as that is the parent administration system :0)

No country cannot be expected to bear cost of reeducation if child wantonly ignores lessons. the parents will have to take that onus except if the child has a difficulty physical or social in which case the child has to be mentored to complete the course and within a reasonable no of tries.