All smiles: Fadhlina giving the Sabah education reform kit to Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Mohd Arifin Arif in Kota Kinabalu. Also present were education director-general Azman Adnan (left) and Sabah education director Datuk Raisin Saidin. — Bernama
KOTA KINABALU: The Education Ministry will leave it to the police to investigate the case of a 12-year-old pupil who was allegedly beaten up by a teacher at a school in Perak last month, says minister Fadhlina Sidek.
Her ministry, she said, would give full cooperation to the police.
“We should leave the investigation entirely to the police because the parents have lodged a report,” she told reporters after the state education leadership assembly at SM Kian Kok here yesterday.Fadhlina reminded the teachers to fully cooperate with the police in their investigation.
She said the ministry would provide counselling to the child and his family.
The Education Minister also told all teachers to avoid causing physical injuries when managing schoolchildren.
In the incident, said to have happened on Dec 10, the parents claimed that their son had suffered a “cochlear concussion” after he was allegedly assaulted by a teacher.
The couple, both 39, called on the authorities to take action against the individual responsible for causing the injury, Bernama reported.
The parents said their son had to undergo specialist treatment.
On Thursday, Kerian OCPD Supt Juna Yusoff said the case had been classified under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt and the investigation paper was handed over to the deputy public prosecutor.The mother, who claimed that her son was injured after being slapped and punched by a teacher, said she would leave it to the police to take appropriate action.
She hoped the perpetrator would be brought to court.
“I am disappointed that my son was abused in school,” she was quoted as saying.
