Ministry clarifies facts related to alleged beating of a private school student – The Peninsula

Ministry clarifies facts related to alleged beating of a private school student – The Peninsula

Doha: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education has been closely following up reports - dated 21 March 2022 - about a private school student being severely beaten by one of the school's teachers, resulting in several bruises and abrasions all over the boy's body and forcing the school to call an ambulance and rush the student to the hospital emergency room for examination.

The Ministry immediately directed the Private Schools Affairs Department concerned team of the Private Education Affairs Sector to open an investigation and conduct an inspection visit to the school to be briefed about the incident.

After hearing from the concerned students and eyewitnesses and having reviewed the playground CCTV footages, it has been found that:

First: The footage showed that the teacher did not assault the student at all.

Second: Based on the testimony of the students who were present at the time of the incident, they stated that a clash erupted between a group of Grade 7 students and the concerned student who is in Grade 8, after the latter forcibly entered the stadium and took the ball from them. Consequently, the Grade 7 students fought him and caused him to fall to the ground and sustain some bruises.

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