Teacher flogs 12-year-old girl to death

Let us debate this a little. Yes, the bible says we should spare the rod and spoil the child but the way some people are not sparing the rod at all is alarming.

I just read about a JSS1 girl that was flogged to death by her teacher in Awka.

The teacher was said to have flogged her till she fainted and subsequently died when rushed to the hospital for not doing her homework.

Reports have it that the Anambra Commissioner for Education, Mrs Uju Okeke immediately ordered the closure of the school as a result of the incident but when contacted, she denied ordering the closure of the school insisting the school was on midterm break.

NAN investigated and gathered that schools in Anambra were not on midterm break. So the woman was lying ni?

You see, some students give teachers cause for annoyance but the teachers ought to be careful in the way they treat such issues. 

Talk about ordering closure of the school…

Why the hankey-pankey in the entire thing? They better investigate this issue o!

I do not know what happened or how much flogging the girl got but every child is not the same. While some children are die-hard and can take any stroke of cane whilst repeating what they have been punished for, some cannot. So to be on the safe side, isn’t it then wise for proprietors and teachers to come up with alternative punishments for such kids?

I have watched some foreign movies where erring students are made to stay for detention. They stay back after their mates have gone home to learn. Since most students don’t like extra hours at school, that can serve as a good enough punishment for the child. Even telling that girl to stay back during break time to finish the homework is punishment. If that happens twice, she may not repeat the act again.

See eh, I understand the frustration when you teach children.  I had my share of that when I taught during my youth service. Sometimes they can be very head-strong and disobedient; but that is exactly why you are the adult in their midst. You teach them the ropes.

The parents of this 12 year old girl may not press charges but this should serve as a warning to other teachers. You don’t know where you will touch someone and they slump and die. 

Yes, some parents in frustration even tell teachers to flog their stubborn children if they misbehave but it’s that same parent that will drag the teacher’s pant till she wishes she hadn’t ever handled a cane.

I remember back in the days when we were in Primary and Secondary schools…

Students then would wear double panties, bum shorts and double dresses so that they wouldn’t feel the sting of the cane. Some even used to feign fainting then and you would see perspiration break out on the teacher’s face as he/she struggles to bring the student to. If that fear is there, isn’t it then better to play safe?

There are creative ways to punish children for wrongdoings especially in school; the teachers need to get creative to avoid bringing gbese on top of their own heads.