Teacher Alleges Assault by Parent Over Student’s Beaded Hairstyle
A private school teacher has cried out for intervention after allegedly being assaulted by a parent over a disciplinary issue involving a student’s hairstyle.
According to the teacher, the incident began after a pupil resumed school with beaded hair following Sallah celebrations. The school’s head teacher reportedly instructed the child to remove the beads at home, citing safety concerns that other children could swallow them or insert them into their ears or nose.
According to the teacher:
“Yesterday, this woman’s daughter came to school with beaded hair after their sallah celebration…My H.M told her to remove the beads when she got home yesterday because we don’t allow beads in school because other children may swallow or put it in their ear or nose.
So this morning, she still came to school with the beaded hair again . Because their house is directly opposite the school…( the school head ) collected her school bag from her and told her to quickly go back home since her mother was still at home and remove only the beads. That was all…..nobody flogged her.
The next thing.. her mother entered the school compound, met me at the assembly ground where I was addressing my students, without asking me what happened and before knowing what she came for she had already t0rñ my clothes in the presence of my students.On behalf of all private school teachers, I am calling the Ministry of education and everybody to please come to teachers aid. We need to stop this humiliation from parents before it gets out of hand.
