SIO has strongly condemned the January 10 barbaric incident in which an eight standard student Afzal (14 years, s/o Hamza Koya) died after having been punished by the school teacher for the reason being late to school by 10 minutes. The deceased student was studying in New English School, Honnavar, Karnataka.
Mr. Thouseef Ahmed, Joint Secretary, SIO of India Karnataka has demanded that the accused teacher should be suspended from the job and the compensation should be paid to the victim’s family both by the school authorities and the government.
SIO, being a strong students body working all across the country, has strongly emphasised that the government should lay down strict guidelines on the matter regarding the disciplinary action and punishment to the students so that life threatening incidents do not take place in future.