An eight year-old school pupil is battling to stay alive after being brutalised by a teacher at the Landmark School Mgbakwu in the Awka North Local Government Area.
The teacher, 30-year-old Faith Nwonye, had been handed over to the police and the school shut down by the Anambra State government. The Anambra Commissioner for Education Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh said Monday that there was no justification for the action of the teacher stressing that it was a criminal beating a child.
“We received this unfortunate incident from an illegal school in Mgbakwu that a child was beaten to a coma over the weekend,” said Chuma Udeh
“On behalf of the State Government, we invited the proprietress of the illegal school as well as the teacher who purportedly beat the child.
“We’ve handed the matter to the police for further investigations, as we await Mr Governor’s directives.
“Meanwhile, the school is closed down indefinitely because it’s not supposed to exist in the first instance.
“Any parent who is enrolling his/her child in an illegal school is doing so at his/her own peril.
“To the proprietors of private schools, anyone running an unapproved school in Anambra is a criminal. It’s a criminal offence to run an illegal school in the state.
“Whether the school is legal or not, it’s criminal to beat a child. According to the doctor, the chances of survival of the child is 20%.
“As soon as the police are done, the teacher will face other institutions against child rights. She’s going to have the full wrath of the law brought upon her over her actions.
“Anambra state abhors violence to children, women, and any other person. It’s not part of this administration and Mr. Governor is against such.”
