‘Are you an orphan?’: Probe into China teacher who humiliated pupil over poor schoolwork performance, sparking furious online reaction

Education chiefs say teacher has ‘self-examined’ and apologised. Online observers say punishment inadequate and call for dismissal. — SCMP

Education chiefs in China are investigating a teacher who called a poorly performing student an “orphan”, igniting outrage on mainland social media.

On October 23, an anonymous poster online claimed that a teacher at Xiangyang Zhugeliang Middle School in central China’s Hubei province made the insulting comment while reviewing the students’ work, according to a report in The Paper.