Kidapawan college suspends teacher who tied pupils

KIDAPAWAN
CITY – The administration of a private school here has suspended indefinitely a
teacher who punished four pupils by tying their feet and allowed them to stand
in front of other pupils.

In a
statement sent to DXND Radyo Bida
Kidapawan , Dr. Cynthia Asuncion, vice president for academic affairs of
Central Mindanao Colleges (CMC), did not identify the teacher but said she had
been suspended indefinitely while an impartial investigation was going on.

Asuncion
said CMC will never tolerate imposition of corporal punishment on pupils.

Parents
of four pupils are planning to file of charges for violating VAWC Law or the
Violence Against Women and Children law after photos of the corporal punishment
went viral on Facebook.

The
photo showed four pupils standing against the blackboard with a huge nylon rope
tied loosely on their feet. The faces
were not visible.

Earlier,
the teacher reportedly admitted imposing the punishment because the children
were hardheaded. She claimed she just
wanted to discipline the child and did not punish them.

A psychologist
in Kidapawan. Dr. Framer Mella, when asked to comment, said some teachers have
many ‘baggages in life’ and compounded by pupils’ immaturity, they resort to
corporal punishment.

She
urged the teachers, both in public and private schools, to practice ‘positive
discipline’ and never physically punished school children.

Children
are gift from God,” she told DXND Radyo Bida Kidapawan.

Not
all couples have children, If you are not ready to be a parent or a teacher,
learn to be one…learn to be a good mother, good teacher, understand the
children in today’s generation and not during our generation,” she advised
parents and teachers.