Parents Horrified As Son Is Kept In Steel Cage At School

An independent inquiry has led to the sack of a head teacher of a school in Canberra, Australia, for building a steel cage where an autistic pupil was kept during school hours.

According to the Mirror, the parents of the boy complained to the school authorities when they found out their son had been placed in the cage to keep him calm whenever he got anxious.

Diane Joseph, the ACT Education Directorate Director-General stated: “The structure was built for one particular student. The decision to erect such a structure raises so many questions. I have asked for the investigation to be treated with the utmost urgency.”

Joy Burch Australian Capital Territory Education Minister unhappy with the use of a cage to checkmate the behaviour of a child said:  “This decision was wrong and the officer responsible will no longer be a school principal or be working within a school. “School principals must be held responsible for their actions.”

The report from the investigation revealed that the decision to build the cage was a unilateral one and it was only taken apart after the parents of the child had made a complaint to the  ACT’s Education Department.

Also speaking on the issue Shadow Education Minister Kate Ellis criticized the way children with disability were been treated. She said:  “The abuse or neglect of students with disability is absolutely unacceptable. All students including those with disability deserve to be recognised as learners and supported to achieve their best. As a society, we have a responsibility to ensure our schools are safe and caring environments for all students, at all times.”

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Investigators have refused to give the names of any of the parties involved as the head teacher has been replaced with two new teachers with expertise in disability education.