Kenya. Rift Valley Province. Nyahururu. Nyandarva boarding primary school. At break time, the pupils play games on the grass. The boys and girls wear a colorful uniform.
A 14-year-old boy, who was set to sit for his final exams in November this year was allegedly given a beating to death by his teacher after he failed to reach the target score set in Social Studies.
The unidentified teacher at Subukia Primary School in Nakuru county is said to have attacked the young boy with blows and kicks after he failed to reach the required pass mark set for the class and further scolded him for pulling the whole class behind with his weak performance.
According to the pupil’s mother, her son went home on that particular day complaining of how he was beaten by the teacher.
“My son said he was feeling sick when he came back home that day. He later told me a teacher had beaten him severely for failing to score the minimum marks he had set for the class. He said the teacher caned him everywhere, including on the head. He said he was considering not doing the KCPE exams because the teacher had given up on him and he was also tired of the beatings,”
Nyokabi disclosed.
Nyokabi disclosed.
She further revealed that she took her son to Subukia hospital since the painkillers she gave him could not relieve the pain. The deceased was later treated and discharged but the condition worsened on Friday before he was admitted to another hospital in Nyahururu. Unfortunately, the mother was called around 9pm by the hospital and informed of her son’s death.
The father pleaded with the government to take action against the rogue teacher so that it could serve as an example to others.
Students and parents from the school took to the streets on Monday to demand that the teacher be punished and corporal punishment abolished completely from the school and further called on the immediate arrest of the teacher.
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