A 14-year-old SS2 student Eva Adelaja Girls Secondary School, Bariga, Lagos, Ogechi Blessing was reportedly beaten to stupor in the school on 16th of March 2016.
She was allegedly made to strip off her shorts and caned on her bare buttocks and wasslapped several times by the principal and five other teachers because she returned the slap on her face from the head girl who slapped her first.
It was reported that the head girl then reported to the school authorities, which in turn physically battered her and then made her cut grass for four hours under the sun.
The incident caught the attention of the Education Committee of the State House of Assembly and an investigation is ongoing.
Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Olanrewaju Ogunyemi has said that the incident would be investigated by the committee, just as he promised that the House would champion the introduction of Education Trust Fund in the state.
Ogunyemi stated that he wouldn’t want to judge the case, but that if what was reported was true, then what the principal and the teachers did was wrong.
“Why would the senior girl slap another student, that is very wrong. Also, if the school wants to punish any student, they should only give him or her four strokes of cane and this has to be supervised by the principal.
“All the same, the House Committee on Education would wade into the matter and investigate what happened with a view to preventing a future occurrence."
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