As many as thirteen students of an Upper Primary School in Sundargarh district were beaten with stick by a junior woman teacher on Monday. Three students have sustained severe injury with stick marks found on their backs and arms. On a tip-off, the Block Education Officer (BEO) on Tuesday conducted an inquiry.
The incident occurred at the Kantabahal Project Upper Primary School at Kantabahal under Balishankara block. On Monday morning, when the students of Class VI and Class VII appearing an examination failed to submit their answer scripts on time, invigilator Sanjukta Kujur, a resident of Sabdega, working as invigilator, lost her temper and started beating the defaulters mercilessly with a stick.
Kujur was in a hurry to go to her home and therefore she had asked students to submit their papers without delay. ABEO Benumadhav Bishi rushed to the school and tried to pacify the parents who were tense and demanded action against the errant teacher.
later, the aggrieved parents lodged a complaint against the teacher at Bandega police station. On Tuesday, BEO of Balishnakara block Dinabandhu Naik went to the school.”I conducted an inquiry and will convey to the DEO and the DPC about my findings for action again Kujur,” said BEO Naik.