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ZAMFARA: Teacher mercilessly flogs student to death
Tragedy struck at the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State when a yet-to-be-named teacher allegedly flogged a student of Government Day Secondary School Sankalawa to death for unconfirmed reasons.
The unfortunate incident was brought to the notice of the public by Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar-Gummi, who confirmed that the house had received several complaints and reports over the way teachers brutalise students all in the name of punishment.
The Deputy Speaker also revealed another incident at Government Female Day Secondary School, Kwatarkwashi, which had led to the injury of a student in the school after the Vice Principal allegedly, subjected her to heavy punishment.
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Gunmi who urged the House to invite the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology to explain steps taken to address the issues said; “These problems apart from discouraging our children from acquiring education, also revealed poor attitude to work on the part of teachers in this state.”
Reacting to the issue, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, described the actions of the teachers as unfortunate vowing that the house would do something about the trend.
“It is part of our responsibilities to ensure effective security and good learning atmosphere for our children for their future development, therefore, we cannot allow teachers to continue harassing our children from schools,” he said.
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