Arunachal Pradesh: 88 girl students punished and asked to undress by teachers in the school
According to a recent incident that happened in Arunachal Pradesh, as many as 88 girl students in a school were forced to undress themselves by three teachers for writing some vulgar words for their head teacher.
Class VI and VII students that were eighty-eight in number of the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Tani Happa (New Sagalee) in Papum Pare district faced humiliation on November 23.
The incident came into light on November 27 when the victims talked to the students union named All Sagalee Students Union (ASSU), after which an FIR was filed with the local police.
According to the complaint that was filed by a junior teachers and two assistant teachers, the incident happened when the teachers found a piece of paper that had some vulgar words written about the head teachers and another student.
The Superintendent of Police Tumme Amo confirmed the news and the FIR that was filed by ASSU. He said that the women police station will now look forward into the matter. He said, "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."
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.
APCC (Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee) has condemned the act and said, “Tempering with a child's dignity is against the law as well as the constitution. To discipline a student is an attitude, character, responsibility and commitment of a teacher. Undressing a student is definitely not a corrective measure...Imposing such punishment is total violation of child rights, and more likely it may accelerate the risk of child abuse."
