In the name of punishment, they are made to stand outside the classroom for the whole day, make chickens, get up and down, stand on the bench, etc. Someone has given mental punishment by insulting, stressing, scolding and teasing with insulting words. All these activities are prohibited by law.
The incident was last December 18. Sanju Choudhary was teaching UKG at H Pathshala located in Pratappur Rural Municipality-1 in Nawalparasi West. As it was vacation time, the students were not gathered for studies. 6-year-old Prashant Chaudhary was exchanging pencils with his friends. The teacher didn't like doing that while he was teaching.
He had a plastic stick in his hand. She hit the child Prashant. However, the stick hit the eye instead of the hand. His left eye burst and began to bleed. After bleeding from the child's eyes, the school took him to Gopigunj market for treatment. After treatment was not possible there, the parents took him to Tilganga Eye Hospital in Kathmandu from Ranambika Eye Hospital Bhairahawa via Parasi.
On November 19, the hospital took in the baby girl who came out after surgery and sewed up the wound. However, the doctors of the hospital have said that the baby cannot see with his eyes because the nanny is broken. The right eye of the child, who lost his eyesight due to the teacher's beating, cannot see well. Due to the injury in the left eye, the right eye was also unable to open and see.
Children cannot walk alone. At times, he is afraid that his eyes hurt and he has a headache. According to the boy's father, Narendra Prasad Choudhary, the doctor said that he would have to undergo 2 more operations. If it takes about a year for treatment, follow-up should be done in the hospital every week.
The incident of a 6-year-old boy's eye being broken by a teacher beating him inside the classroom has now reached the police and the court through the school. The boy's father, Narendra, has registered an incident with the police through the local police office, Bardghat, saying that his son's limbs were broken due to the beating of teacher Sanju Chaudhary on 16th of January. The police filed a case in the court on January 18 and obtained permission to arrest Sanju. She is also a graduate student. She is sitting in Parasi and taking the exam.
The incident of a child's eye being broken by a teacher is not very sensitive to the police. Therefore, despite filing a case, they did not show any interest in investigating and arresting the accused and proceeding with the incident investigation process. Superintendent of Police Gyanendra Prasad Phuyal said that the incident took place without arresting the teacher and is waiting for the incident to be solved at the local level. H Pathshala, which says that the teacher did not come in contact after the
incident, is pressing to withdraw the case with the promise of providing free treatment and free education to the child. Headmaster Sujith Kumar Gupta says that he has advised the parents not to go through the legal process on the condition that the child will be educated and treated for free.
The parents are hoping that the teacher who broke Prashant's eyes will be punished and some money saved in their son's name. However, no one is interested in how to make the school punishment-free and fear-free to prevent children from having accidents like Prashant's due to the beating of teachers inside the school.
The campaign to make schools impunity has been going on for a long time. In the year 2067, the national format of child-friendly school has been prepared and implemented. It is said to create a child-friendly school where every student feels physically safe, emotionally happy and psychologically uplifting.
Many programs have been conducted to make the school fear-free and child-friendly. But schools have not gone unpunished yet. There are many customs of punishment in Terai district. Students are punished more in private schools than in public schools. Schools are built like prisons. This problem is even more in Nawalparasi West. There are no big reasons why teachers beat and injure themselves.
Let's look at another example. The incident took place on November 19. Kanchana Rajbhar, a class 1 student of English School in Bardghat, Sarawal Rural Municipality-7 in West Nawalparasi, had stopped wanting to go to school. She did not go to school on November 18. After the student did not come, teacher Niranjan Rajbhar went to the girl's house the next day. He slapped his hands on his cheeks and body at home. The girl went to school trembling with fear. The teacher thought that after being beaten, the students would continue to come to school and study.
After going to school, teacher Rajbhar beat him with a stick. The girl could not get up. Locals were outraged to see the condition of the girl. They locked down the school. The parents filed a police complaint through the local police office, Bardghat, asking the teacher Yadav to take legal action. The police arrested the teacher and detained him for a day. However, the next day, after the village representative and the school representative left, it was abandoned. Instead of taking legal action, he was sent with the support of the people's representative. Students are panicking at school because of the teacher. Stakeholders have not paid attention to this.
Punishment literally means repressing or punishing for not obeying the rules of doing something. Our education started in Gurukul in ancient times. At that time, gurus and sages taught by sitting under trees or in huts. He used to memorize Vedas and Puranas. If they could not speak, they would show fear by beating them. Because of that fear, students were forced to memorize.
is now the age of technology. In the education system, the practice of teaching and not teaching children has been started. Even at such a time, it is unnatural for a teacher to teach with a stick. It is wrong for teachers to teach children through punishment, fear and terror. It violates the natural right of children to read and learn without fear.
Looking at school, there are still many examples of teachers beating students with sticks, ropes, spanking and pulling ears. In the name of punishment, they are made to stand outside the classroom all day long, make chickens, get up and down, stand on the bench, etc. It is also found that some people give mental punishment by insulting, stressing, teasing, and insulting. All these activities are prohibited by law. However, these activities have not stopped because schools and communities consider them normal.
What activities have children been punished for at school? Its causes are not big and serious. Many children are punished for not doing their homework and not answering the teacher's questions correctly. In addition, students are punished for not wearing school uniform, not coming to school on time, not respecting the teacher, being rude during teaching, stealing friend's belongings, tearing copy books.
Should students be punished in these matters? Children do not obey when reminded? If they believe, schools and teachers should change their behavior. Counseling should be done instead of punishment. Punishment in school not only causes physical injuries but also affects children psychologically. There are incidents ranging from lack of interest in studies, refusal to go to school, depression, stress, negative feelings towards teachers and school, bullying to suicide. Children come to school to learn knowledge and skills. Therefore, there should be no physical or mental punishment in the school.
Children's rights are mentioned in Part 39 of the Constitution. In its point number 7, it is said that no child shall be subjected to physical, mental or any other kind of torture at home, school or any other place and situation. Therefore, it is wrong to inflict physical or mental punishment or torture on children in the name of education. It is against the constitution. It is necessary to monitor and stop this by the government at all three levels.
