Disciplinary warning for teacher who used ruler to beat student until bruised

On December 28, according to information from the Department of Education and Training of Vung Liem District ( Vinh Long ), Mr. Chau Van Khuyen, Principal of Vung Liem Primary School (Vung Liem District), signed a disciplinary decision in the form of a warning against teacher Pham Thi L. for violating the ethics of teaching, elementary school regulations, and school code of conduct.

As reported by Thanh Nien Newspaper, on December 7, during math homework, Ms. L. called male student NXH (10 years old, class 5/4) to the board to do the homework. Ms. L. carefully instructed him on how to do the homework, but H. still could not do it. In a fit of anger, Ms. L. used a ruler to hit H.'s buttocks once and continued to instruct him again, but he still did it wrong, so she continued to hit him with another whip. After that, Ms. L. continued to instruct him again, but H. still did it wrong.

On the evening of December 10, the family discovered a bruise on H.'s buttocks, so they were upset and questioned the teacher. At around 6:35 a.m. on December 11, Ms. L. met H.'s mother to apologize and admit that she had done wrong, hoping that the family would forgive her.

At the school meeting, Ms. L. said that the cause came from the pressure to ensure the quality of students and the expectations of parents. According to Ms. L., this was the end of the first semester, some students had not yet achieved basic knowledge, including H. Therefore, during the teaching process, Ms. L. admitted that she could not control her emotions, leading to the above incident.

Speaking to Thanh Nien Newspaper reporters, H.'s family said that the student was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder by a doctor. The family hopes that the school will handle the case seriously.