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Six-year-old dies after teacher slaps him in Andhra school
A six-year-old boy, Pranay Tej, collapsed and died after being slapped by his teacher in a school in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The incident was captured on a security camera and has sparked outrage over corporal punishment in schools.
Andhra Pradesh education minister Nara Lokesh said legal action is being taken against those responsible and a committee has been formed to investigate. Police have registered a case and are awaiting reports to determine the exact cause of death.
The boy's father said his son was healthy and insisted on going to school that morning. A 2018 study found that about 80 percent of low-income school children in India experience corporal punishment, despite it being illegal.
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Corporal punishment has been banned in Indian schools since the 2009 Right to Education Act, yet enforcement remains weak. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has repeatedly flagged violations, but prosecutions are rare. The Visakhapatnam case could test whether state education departments are willing to hold individual teachers and school managements criminally liable under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The committee announced by minister Lokesh is expected to submit its report within weeks, and the post-mortem result will be critical in establishing whether the slap directly caused the death. Watch for the committee's findings and any action against the school's affiliation.
Source: aljazeera.com
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