The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday condemned the actions of the principal of a secondary school in the state, who allegedly ordered an erring student to be flogged on her bare buttocks.
The call followed a motion raised by Mrs Adefunmilayo Tejuosho, the Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Petitions and Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) under the matter of urgent public importance on the floor.
In her submission, she called the attention of the House to an incident where a 14-year-old SSS II student of Eva Adelaja Girls Secondary School in Bariga, Miss Ogechi Blessing, was allegedly assaulted by her teachers under the pretence that they were punishing her.
Tejuosho informed the House that the girl was allegedly flogged on her bare buttocks and back by the school’s principal and five other teachers for slapping the head girl. The lawmaker said that under no circumstances must the teachers and the principal of any school strip up a student so as to punish him or her. She therefore urged other lawmakers to join hands with her to condemn the incident and to call on the ministry to urgently investigate the incident.
Other lawmakers took turns to condemn the action of the school teachers and the principal.
The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa said: "Although, we do not condone what the junior student did to her senior, all the same, we are not in support of that kind of merciless beating.
"We know that the Ministry of Education has stepped into it but we want them to ensure that their findings get back to House for necessary action on the matter. The ministry should instil proper discipline in students to make them better children in the society."
Source : Tribune
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