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Kanpur Class 7 student complains teacher uses phone, later retracts
A Class 7 student from Civilian Vidyalaya in Kanpur Dehat's Rajpur block walked into a police outpost on Monday (August 10) to complain that his teacher, Saima Khan, spent class time on…
The Story in Brief
A Class 7 student from Civilian Vidyalaya in Kanpur Dehat's Rajpur block walked into a police outpost on Monday (August 10) to complain that his teacher, Saima Khan, spent class time on her phone instead of teaching, and that older students beat him. Police took the boy back to school, where a video showed Khan telling him, "We don't listen. Will thrash you right now." The video went viral, prompting the district basic education officer to issue show-cause notices to Khan and headmaster Anupam Kumar.
Hours later, a second video surfaced in which the student, Madhav Mishra, said, "Madam aur school ki koi galti nahi hai… I went to the police outpost angry after a fight with Ayush." His mother also defended the school, saying children get proper teaching, food and uniform. The education department's notice remains in effect.
The Indian Opinion
A child's genuine complaint gets drowned in social-media drama. First we have a viral video showing a teacher apparently threatening to beat the boy; then a second video where the same child declares 'madam ki koi galti nahi hai'. Mother backs the school too. This is the pattern now: outrage, then U-turn, then the real issue, poor classroom teaching, is forgotten. The BSDA's show-cause notice to the headmaster and teacher is the only concrete action. Will the department now investigate what actually happens in that classroom, or will the retracted complaint close the case?
Sources (2): aajtak.in, tupaki.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
