The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Manhyia Divisional Police Command has arrested a teacher at Happy Royals International School for allegedly inflicting cane injuries on a nine-year-old pupil.
Elizabeth Tweneboah Kodua, 30, was handed over to the police by her uncle.
Police have begun interrogating her and given indication that charges will be preferred against her.
Meanwhile, the victim is recuperating from the multiple injuries sustained due to the numerous strokes received for failing to complete her mathematics assignment.
Police, have refused to speak to the media about the case, except “investigation is ongoing”.
The father of the victim, Mohammed Saani, on Thursday expressed his disappointment over the matter and indicated that he wants the law to take its course.
“I was at work when I got a phone call that a teacher has beaten my child because she failed to do the homework assigned to her. I didn’t expect that it will be this severe. When I saw the way she has been brutally whipped, with bruises all over, I couldn’t control my anger.”
“When I tried confronting the headmaster, he got so upset. He said the teacher has already explained her action to him, so I reported the case to the Police and took my child to the hospital. How cruel can a teacher be? If I had met the teacher physically, I wouldn’t have spared her at all,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Management of the school has declined to speak on the matter except to say the directorate is looking into the matter.
Source: MyJoyOnline.com
