Principal snips boy’s hair for unironed shirt

THE STUDENT, WHO WAS DISTURBED BY THE INCIDENT, TOLD HIS FATHER HE WILL NOT ATTEND SCHOOL AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM

MUMBAI: The principal of a Vasai school snipped the hair of a Class 10 student on Monday morning for not ironing his uniform. The school later issued a written apology to the parent and said the action was a measure of discipline.

On Monday, the Class 10 student of a school in Vasai (West) was pulled up by the school’s principal for not ironing his uniform. The student was then allegedly dragged to her office where the principal snipped off the student’s hair.

“My son told me that the principal dragged him by the collar to her office and snipped his hair,” said the son’s father, who works as an electrician at WR, Mahalaxmi car shed, on the condition of anonymity. He then rushed to the school for an explanation.

“At first, the authorities did not even budge. I had insisted on an apology and threatened to report the incident to the Vasai Gaon police,” the father said.

The student, who was disturbed by the incident, told his father he will not attend school after what happened to him.

The school’s principal said the incident was a case of misunderstanding.

“We have already expressed our apology to the parent and have assured him that his ward will not face any hardship in our school. We will also insure that as the March 2019 board exams are nearing, his studies will not be disturbed,” the principal said.

The principal, however, said that the action was a measure of discipline as the school diary mentions that students need to maintain a proper dress code and need to be groomed properly.

“Time and again our teachers also instruct the students to follow the same,” said the principal. “We just snipped the student’s hair so that the parent’s take notice and send their wards according to proper dress code.”