Details of the incident include the following: According to the 9-year-old student Mustafa, who was the victim of local media, the teacher who assaulted him is the son of the school principal, and the reasons for the attack were due to the presence of differences between the teacher and the child’s father, who demanded that the aggressor be punished and held accountable.
After receiving a complaint from the families of the students, the Directorate of Education in Baghdad, the capital, announced the creation of an investigative committee into the occurrence.
• The incident sparked intense resentment in educational circles and on social media, where calls for the teacher’s trial and the harshest punishments were made because, in addition to assaulting a helpless young child, he also disregarded the teaching profession and the patriarchal role of the teacher.
the Teachers Syndicate’s viewpoint
In an interview with the website “Sky News Arabia,” Abbas Kazem Al-Sudani of the Iraqi Teachers Syndicate confirmed: “The Ministry of Education’s instructions are clear to prevent them from hitting students, and in the event of a taunting of them by their teachers, investigation committees are formed and punished by the abusers, where there is a difference between the river and pressure The student must by the teacher for what is in favor of the student, and between the assumption and assault that is totally rejected by us.
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He adds: “Unfortunately, the situation in general is unstable in many Iraqi schools due to overcrowding and other problems where such unfortunate violence occurs, and it is true that we, as a union, stand with the teachers and defend them, but we do not defend those who violate the laws from them and offend the image of the teacher and his patriarchal symbolism And educational.
He added: In the event that there is a very riotous student, for example, and a bullying on his teachers and not committed to public behavior etiquette within his school, the teacher and the school administration can summon his parents and try to advise him and guide him in coordination with them, and in the event that he does not respond, he can be transferred to another school or even his class from studying, but resorting to a method Physical punishment by beating is a comprehensive and detailed method that accomplishes little to address the issue and instead subjects the teacher to legal repercussions.
certain instances
According to the Iraqi writer and researcher Ali Al-Baydar, who spoke in an interview with “Sky News Arabia,” “The Ministry of Education is naturally against the use of violence and beating students and students, so what happens from cases of teachers who attack their students, are individual that cannot be prevented.” Quite, although there are severe administrative penalties that amount to separation, and such cases can be referred even to the judiciary.
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The researcher from Iraq adds: “The situation is comparable to a police officer assaulting a citizen, despite the Ministry of Interior’s mandate to uphold human rights and the law when dealing with citizens. As a result, unfortunate incidents like this occur, and they may be related to some of the circumstances surrounding them, including the existence of psychological disorders and emotional states. Perhaps this teacher has one of these conditions or the other. When such a sadistic and aggressive behaviour is used, and despite the various justifications, it is still wrong.
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The instructor who savagely abuses a youngster in Iraq nearly loses one of his eyes.
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