Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email JOHOR BARU: An eight-year-old girl who was allegedly hit by a teacher is so traumatised that she refuses to go to school.
SJK (T) Yahya Awal Year Two pupil S. Kavitaanjali has minor bruises on her back after she was allegedly beaten with a broom stick and a piece of metal.
Kavitaanjali's mother, V. Thanaletchumi, 29, claimed that her daughter is also suffering from hearing problems.
“If we force her to eat, she just throws up after the meal,” she said.
Thanaletchumi claimed that her daughter’s problem started in April when the teacher took over from another to teach Tamil.
She said the teacher started abusing some of the children.
She claimed that she approached the teacher recently who at first denied hitting her daughter but later admitted to it.
Her husband, clerk N. Sagaran, 40, said that they had brought the matter up to the school authorities and also lodged a report with the police and the Education Ministry.
“When our daughter first told us that she was hit in school, we ignored her because we thought she had misbehaved or not paid attention during lessons,” he said, adding that they got worried when she started developing a fever and refused to go to school.
When contacted, school principal M. Perumal said a verbal warning had been issued to the teacher concerned.
He said the teacher had 17 years teaching experience and was transferred to the school last year.
