Teacher fired over photo of 7 students kneeling
By Leeann Li |
December 25, 2012, Tuesday
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A PICTURE that circulated online of seven students kneeling in a school courtyard was not physical punishment, but was taken as the students kneeled to seek forgiveness for bullying a student, education authorities in east China's Anhui Province said yesterday.
However, a report in the Beijing News says the students were forced to kneel for an hour on a chilly afternoon and threatened if they told anyone about it.
Despite authorities' explanation, the teacher was still sacked because of her "improper handling" of the situation since she didn't stopped the students in time, said Huang Yan, section chief with the Yingdong District Education Bureau in Fuyang City.
"The teacher criticized them in the playground and asked them to call their parents to school. These students felt frightened and one suddenly kneeled down and others followed him," Huang said.
In the picture, the seven eighth-grade students at the Jingjiu Experimental Middle School were seen kneeling below a banner that read, "Welcome leaders to inspect our school."
The banner has been hung for several months, according to anhuinews.com.
The school was ordered to rectify management loopholes, the website reported. The privately run school hired many temporary teachers, and some did not have proper training, education officials said.
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