A private school in Ludhiyana allegedly stamped the arm of a student over the delay in fee payment. The school said that the student’s family had not paid the fee since two months despite several reminders.
The boy’s family said that he refused to go back to school after the humiliating experience.
The principal of the school said that the action took place because the student forgot his notebook. He admitted that the teacher’s action was wrong though the stamp was washable.
“This is an absolutely inappropriate way to ask for fees,” the child’s father, who drives an auto-rickshaw said. He said that he had asked the school for more time to pay the fee and whole family was feeling “humiliated” by the incident.
Swarnjeet Kaur, the district education officer, said the school was “absolutely wrong” and vowed to take action against those found responsible.
