Disturbing Assault Attempt On Teacher In Assam
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By Linus Garg
First publised on 2022-11-30 06:16:22
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In a disturbing
and disgusting incident at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Assam's Dibrugarh
district, a mob of 45-45 students tried to attack a pregnant Class X teacher. Her
fault - she had informed the mother of one of the students during the
parent-teacher meeting that her son was not paying attention in class and
consequently his grades were suffering. The student incited his friends and
they ganged up against the teacher. She fainted on seeing the angry mob of
students before they could attack her and had to be hospitalized. She said that
she was saved by two of her colleagues before the students could harm her.
The school
conducted an internal inquiry and has suspended 22 students for six months for taking
active part in inciting other students and then confronting the teacher with
the intention of harming her. The local administration has also taken a stern
view of the incident and district magistrate Biswajit Peguhas has also ordered a
separate inquiry into the incident at the residential school.
Parent-teacher
meetings are conducted for the reason of informing the parents about the
progress of their wards. Teachers would be amiss in their duty if they do not
inform parents about the reason of their wards' poor performance. It is
extremely dangerous when students gang up against a teacher for performing her
duty and for being truthful (which in any case the parents would know on seeing
the grades). While it would be wrong to make the errant students lose a year
for their wrongful act, they should be suitably punished so that others are
deterred from adopting the same means in future. Also, residential schools must
have regular counselling sessions for senior students and ensure that they learn
anger management and do not turn violent.
