Indian Girl, 12, Commits Suicide After Teacher Publicly Shames Her | See Details

These days, children look up to their guardian be it parents or the teachers whose job is to train, build, encourage and guide them through the different phases of life.

A professionally employed teacher of a school is assigned to imbibe in a student good conduct, education and social activities, not to scold a child and frighten them.

A 12-year-old 7th grader school girl has killed herself after her teacher shouted at her for staining her school uniform and bench with menstrual blood, Dailymail reports.

The young Indian girl, a student in a Senthil Nagar school, in Tamil Nadu’s Palayamkottai, Southern India, had asked for permission to go to the restroom after her menstrual blood stained her uniform and bench but the teacher allegedly yelled at her.

Unable to bear the shame from the shouting, at about 3 a.m. yesterday she jumped off the terrace of her neighbour’s house.

Her shocked parents had no idea why she had taken her own life, until they found her suicide note.

In it, she said her friends had pointed out that her bench and uniform had menstrual blood on them. Embarrassed, she asked her teacher for permission to go to the restroom but the teacher reprimanded her in front of her classmates.

The teacher allegedly told her to leave the classroom, and scolded her further asking if she couldn’t even place her pad properly.

The teacher then took her to see the principal, who allegedly scolded her as well.

”I don’t know what to say. Until now you didn’t hear any complaint about me but why did the teacher complain about me like this?,” she asked in her suicide note.

The incident sparked protests from the parents of pupils who were angry over the girl’s death. Police managed to break up the crowd and promised to take action.

An investigation has been launched, a senior police spokesperson confirmed.

”Right now we are hearing different versions. Only after the completion of probe will we have clarity.”

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