Overzealous Teacher Beats Eight-Year-Old Pupil To Coma In Anambra
A 30-year-old teacher simply identified as Faith Nwonye, has been arrested for allegedly beating an eight-year-old pupil into a coma.
Nwoye is said to be a teacher at Landmark School Mgbakwu in the Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The State Commissioner for Education, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, who revealed the incident to journalists on Monday, said the school has been permanently shut down by the state government.
READ: Gunmen Behead Two, Abduct Seven In Ebonyi
Chuma-Udeh disclosed further that she had summoned the schoolโs proprietor and Nwonye to explain the incident that led to the brutalisation of the primary two pupils.
The commissioner explained that the school was not only closed based on the ugly incident but as a result of its illegality.
She said, โWe received this unfortunate incident from an illegal school in Mgbakwu that a child was beaten to a coma over the weekend. On behalf of the State Government, we invited the proprietress of the illegal school as well as the teacher who purportedly beat the child.
โWeโve handed the matter to the police for further investigations, as we await Mr Governorโs directives. Meanwhile, the school is closed down indefinitely because itโs not supposed to exist in the first instance. Any parent who is enrolling his/her child in an illegal school is doing so at his/her own peril.
โTo the proprietors of private schools, anyone running an unapproved school in Anambra is a criminal. Itโs a criminal offence to run an illegal school in the state.โ
She, however, expressed sadness over the development while lamenting that the chances of the victimโs survival currently in admission to the hospital were 20 per cent, according to the medical doctor.
โWhether the school is legal or not, itโs criminal to beat a child. According to the doctor, the chances of survival of the child is 20%,โ she stated.
She warned that perpetrators were doing so at their peril, noting that the teacher would be b brought to book.
She added, โAs soon as the police are done, the teacher will face other institutions against child rights. Sheโs going to have the full wrath of the law brought upon her over her actions.
โAnambra state abhors violence to children, women, and any other person. Itโs not part of this administration and Mr. Governor is against such.โ
