A 30-year-old teacher at Landmark School Mgbakwu in the Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Faith Nwonye has been arrested for allegedly beating an eight-year-old pupil into a coma
The commissioner for Education, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh told journalists in her office on Monday that the school has been permanently shut down by the state government.
Chuma-Udeh disclosed further that she had summoned the school’s 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, however, expressed sadness over the development while lamenting that the chances of the victim’s survival currently in admission to the hospital were 20 per cent, according to the medical doctor.
“Whether the school is legal or not, it’s criminal to beat a child. According to the doctor, the chances of survival of the child is 20%,” she stated.
She warned that perpetrators were doing so at their peril, noting that the teacher would be brought to book.
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I will kill the teacher myself….We are all frustrated in this country biko
What could have warrant this?