LOS TEROPONG: Solution .. Transfer ..

ALOR STAR: The English teacher who allegedly hit eight pupils with her high heels in Padang Terap district near here has been transferred to another school. State Education Department director Misrah Ibrahim said she was now teaching at another primary school in the same district.

He said the move was an interim measure, pending the completion of police investigations and the next course of action by the Education Ministry.

"We also want things to cool down a bit since many parents are still shocked and angry over the incident," he said when asked on the outcome of his department’s investigations on the case. In the Feb 25 incident, the teacher, in her 30s, was alleged to have struck eight of her Year Four pupils with her high heels for failing to hand in their homework.

As a result, three of the pupils received several stitches on the head while the rest received outpatient treatment at Kuala Nerang Hospital.

Hmmm .. the report further said that the transfer was NOT a disciplinary action. So .. is she coming back to the school? If is is an interim measure why transfer her at all? Now she is teaching in another school and then she is coming back and stop teaching at the other school ... what hanky-panky is this. This is not a reflection of good governance, especially in schools .. bad, bad example for all to see. This transfer habit must stop as it solves nothing.

If the teacher is under investigation, then investigate. She should meet the parents and apologise, including to the kids .. not just transfer her out. Apparently she is a good teacher. I wouldn't want to lose a good teacher, would you? Something is not jiving here ... aiyaa, tak tau lah ...

LOS TEROPONG

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