Five days has spent since the unfortunate incident of child molestation in the premises of famous Bal Mandir School in Kishanganj. As the reports circulated by the school authority to media, it totally denied its direct involvement in the molestation of 3.5 years old girl by a school bus driver. The school principal Mr. Gulab Shah told that the 20-year-old driver has been handed over to the police. As the matter made public, locals were highly enraged and also protested against the school.
However, truth is something else and the incident happened due to sheer negligence of a lady teacher. According to the statement of victim girl, the lady teacher herself told the school driver to take her to other place and frighten her (this statement was listened by my close source and narrated by victim’s parents as well). Not only on Friday, earlier too, the same lady teacher had said the driver to do the same thing, because the small child was not taking her lunch.
Of course, the lady teacher had done such act to compel the girl child to take her lunch. But is it justified to behave with a small 3.5 year child? I will say a big NO, because the teachers of children’s play schools have the primary duty to console the children and monitor them keenly. Instead of consoling the victim child, the lady teacher occupied another way which was not at all a logical one and encouraged the culprit to take the advantage.
I would like to say, not only the driver but the concerned lady teacher and the school administration is responsible for the whole episode and all should be grilled. The schools are charging high for guidance and care of the children, but such an unfortunate incident clearly describes, how much school administration are taking care of the children in school premises.
We should wake up and ensure whether the particular school is taking proper care or not? Besides this, the wards / guardians should visit the schools on frequent intervals to monitor the facilities offered to children.
However, truth is something else and the incident happened due to sheer negligence of a lady teacher. According to the statement of victim girl, the lady teacher herself told the school driver to take her to other place and frighten her (this statement was listened by my close source and narrated by victim’s parents as well). Not only on Friday, earlier too, the same lady teacher had said the driver to do the same thing, because the small child was not taking her lunch.
Of course, the lady teacher had done such act to compel the girl child to take her lunch. But is it justified to behave with a small 3.5 year child? I will say a big NO, because the teachers of children’s play schools have the primary duty to console the children and monitor them keenly. Instead of consoling the victim child, the lady teacher occupied another way which was not at all a logical one and encouraged the culprit to take the advantage.
I would like to say, not only the driver but the concerned lady teacher and the school administration is responsible for the whole episode and all should be grilled. The schools are charging high for guidance and care of the children, but such an unfortunate incident clearly describes, how much school administration are taking care of the children in school premises.
We should wake up and ensure whether the particular school is taking proper care or not? Besides this, the wards / guardians should visit the schools on frequent intervals to monitor the facilities offered to children.
