She didn’t clean classroom, teachers pushed her off roof

A 14-year-old Pakistani girl was allegedly pushed by two of her teachers from the rooftop of a school building in the Punjab province for refusing to “clean the classroom”, a media report said.

Fajjar Noor, a class 9 student, is battling for life at Ghurki Hospital, Lahore. She has got multiple fractures and her spinal cord is also broken. “My class teachers Bushra and Rehana ordered me to clean the classroom as today (May 23) was my turn to do so. I told them that I was not feeling well and I would do it some other day. On this they took me to another room and started slapping me. Then they took me to the rooftop and ordered me to clean it (roof). When I argued, they pushed me from the rooftop,” Noor.

The incident took place at the City District Government Girls School, Kot Shahabdin, Shahdara and the teachers, have been booked for attempted murder.

“Two teachers — Rehana Kausar and Bushra Tufail — first inflicted corporal punishment on Fajjar Noor and then took her to top floor of the building and pushed her down,” Punjab Secretary Education Allah Bakhsh Malik said.

The incident took place on May 23 but the school administration and some other officials kept it secret from the education department, he said.

“We came to know about the incident. A departmental inquiry has been launched and the matter has also been referred to the Chief Minister Inspection Team for a thorough probe,” Malik added.

“The chief minister has immediately placed District Education Authority Chief Executive Officer Ehsan Malik, Deputy DEO Tayyaba Butt and Headmistress Naghmana Irshad under suspension for hiding the incident. Both teachers have also been suspended and they will be proceeded under the Punjab Employees Efficiency and Disciplinary Act,” he said.