We Beat Our Teachers Mercilessly – Primary School Students
With a population of 756 pupils and 13 teachers, Kirimon Primary School on the Samburu-Laikipia counties border in Kenya has been closed ...
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With a population of 756 pupils and 13 teachers, Kirimon Primary
School on the Samburu-Laikipia counties border in Kenya has been closed
indefinitely after pupils attacked and injured their teachers on Monday.
Five female teachers who were ambushed and beaten up by Standard Six pupils have also vowed not to go back to the institution, citing insecurity.
The teachers demand a transfer from the school.
However the pupils, in a letter to the school management board, gave their reasons for beating up the teachers.
The Nation reports that the pupils say: “We are very sad that our school leaders are madams nowadays”.
The communication is dated June 20 and its subject is “Reason why we have beaten our school teachers”.
They claimed to have suffered in the hands of the female teachers from June 17 to June 20. “Our teachers are chasing us from school for nothing. They are denying us our right to education,” they claimed.
“Madams are the ones leading us to fail in our examinations as they chase us home,” they stated, further claiming that female teachers insult them when they go to the staffroom, calling them old.
“When you go to the staffroom to ask a question, you are chased away. That is why we have beaten up our teachers, especially madams,” the letter stated.
The teachers said they were embarrassed by the caning. The pupils forced them to kneel down before the rest of the class and raise their hands as they apologised and pleaded to be spared.
Armed with clubs and machetes, the angry pupils attacked the teachers immediately they entered the classrooms and held them hostage.
Some of the teachers sought refuge under office desks and tables in their offices as the situation worsened. Four of the five teachers who were attacked are not from the Samburu community. This is suspected to have contributed to the boys’ anger.
Five female teachers who were ambushed and beaten up by Standard Six pupils have also vowed not to go back to the institution, citing insecurity.
The teachers demand a transfer from the school.
However the pupils, in a letter to the school management board, gave their reasons for beating up the teachers.
The Nation reports that the pupils say: “We are very sad that our school leaders are madams nowadays”.
The communication is dated June 20 and its subject is “Reason why we have beaten our school teachers”.
They claimed to have suffered in the hands of the female teachers from June 17 to June 20. “Our teachers are chasing us from school for nothing. They are denying us our right to education,” they claimed.
“Madams are the ones leading us to fail in our examinations as they chase us home,” they stated, further claiming that female teachers insult them when they go to the staffroom, calling them old.
“When you go to the staffroom to ask a question, you are chased away. That is why we have beaten up our teachers, especially madams,” the letter stated.
The teachers said they were embarrassed by the caning. The pupils forced them to kneel down before the rest of the class and raise their hands as they apologised and pleaded to be spared.
Armed with clubs and machetes, the angry pupils attacked the teachers immediately they entered the classrooms and held them hostage.
Some of the teachers sought refuge under office desks and tables in their offices as the situation worsened. Four of the five teachers who were attacked are not from the Samburu community. This is suspected to have contributed to the boys’ anger.
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