Lahore Education Executive District Officer (EDO) Zahid Hussain Khan has summoned the headmistress and English teacher of Government Girls High School Dry Port for beating a sixth grader, Daily Times learnt on Sunday.The EDO told Daily Times that he had summoned Headmistress Aroosa Begum along with the English teacher Robina, who was accused of beating up one of her students Gulnaz and causing her a severe injury. Zahid said that the department was inquiring into the matter and that officials were gathering information in order to come to a just and unbiased conclusion.
The AGHS Child Rights Unit demanded that the government adopt solid measures for the eradication of corporal punishment from educational institutions, especially schools. AGHS Child Rights Unit Coordinator Isma said that she had visited the victimÂ’s house and had observed that the school administration and government had totally neglected her, since none of the officials had approached Gulnaz to ask her version of the story.