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SHRC schools teacher for making student do 600 sit-ups
The New Indian Express Chennai
|April 24, 2025
THE State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has recommended the state government to take disciplinary action against a government school teacher for making a Class VII student to do 600 sit-ups within days of her attaining puberty in 2017 and also to pay a compensation of ₹2 lakh to the girl's mother.
While giving the recommendation on Tuesday, SHRC member V Kannadasan stated that the compensation can be recovered by the government from the schoolteacher. The girl's mother V Pandiselvi of Sivaganga had filed the complaint seeking appropriate action against R Chitra, the Tamil teacher (BT assistant) who had punished the girl at a go
This story is from the April 24, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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