A Primary Teacher in India Tortures a Student

An Indian primary school teacher severely injured a young student's hand with a drill after he failed to remember the number two. During a math class in Kanpur, a 9-year-old boy was tortured with a drill machine because he did not recite the mathematical table.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Uttar Pradesh | A teacher at a school in Kanpur allegedly used a drill machine on a student's hand after he couldn't recite a mathematical table. The student sustained a minor injury & was given primary treatment. (26.11)</p>— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/1596719601009983494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

According to the Indian media, the incident of the teacher's abuse was witnessed by another student. Due to the switch being turned off, the drill machine did not damage the bone of the hand, but the student's hand was badly injured. The injured student was taken to the hospital by his fellow classmates.

According to police sources, the class 5 student had forgotten how to recite the table of 2. At the time of the incident, the victim was a student at an upper primary school in Premnagar, Kanpur. After the student was unable to recite the table, the teacher drilled his hand. The drill machine was unplugged by a student standing nearby. Local education officials were not notified of the incident by the teacher. The case was highlighted by protests from the student's family.

Additionally, the family of the child was informed, which led them to protest in front of the school about the heinous violence conducted by the teacher. As a result of protests from students and their families, the education officer suspended the mathematics teacher and formed a three-member inquiry committee.