The teacher was accused of using a plastic pipe to administer the severe punishment, and on Friday, July 19, the charge was brought against the teacher in court. The young student’s ordeal began with what appeared to be a minor offense: losing his school uniform.
The teacher’s reaction, on the other hand, was anything but minor. The educator is said to have canned the understudy multiple times on the rump. The child sustained severe buttock injuries as a result of the excessive caning, requiring immediate medical attention.
The arraignment uncovered troubling insights concerning the understudy’s condition. The understudy supported a haematoma, a risky gathering of thickened blood inside his tissues. A witness for the prosecution claims that this condition could have resulted in his death if the blood clots had reached his heart.
“Assuming the blood coagulations would have ventured out to the vein, it might have unstuck in the heart,” the observer affirmed, featuring the extreme gamble presented by the educator’s activities. The prosecution argued that the severity of the injuries and the possibility that they would lead to death made it attempt murder.
The educator, who was available in court, still can’t seem to introduce his protection. The case, which has attracted a lot of attention, is going to go on. Yet again this episode has acquired the issue of beating schools into the spotlight.
Even though the government outlawed corporal punishment in schools in 2001, old ways of doing things never go away. The training, profoundly imbued in the nation’s set of experiences, traces all the way back to the pioneer time when it was utilized by evangelists and colonizers to declare authority.
The 2019 Violence Against Children report, a recent national household survey, revealed a troubling statistic: more than half of 18- to 24-year-old Kenyans still believe that teachers must use corporal punishment.
On the condition of anonymity, a Teachers Service Commission (TSC) employee shared additional information with BBC Africa Eye in 2023. They revealed that there have been 29 reports of severe school beatings in the past three years, an increase of more than four times.
Surprisingly, many incidents are not reported, indicating an even greater problem’s true scope. The dismal the truth is that passings coming about because of school beatings are not unfathomable in Kenya.
More than 20 of these deaths have been reported in the media over the past five years. Although many people are unable to comprehend the possibility that educational professionals, who are responsible for the care and development of children, could cause such harm, this is still a troubling fact.
