The family of a male Mathayom 1 student of a school in tambon Thung Thoeng of Ubon Ratchathani’s Det Udom district has filed a police complaint against a female teacher for punishing the boy in an unreasonable way.
The elder sister of the boy told Thai PBS that the teacher ordered him to kraab or pay obeisance on the floor to a pair of shoes for 10 times. After that she put the shoes on the head and then on the back of the student and ordered him to crawl into the classroom before the eyes of many fellow classmates.
This was a punishment on the boy for breaking a regulation by wearing shoes while in the school building.
The boy’s sister showed a video clip of the punishment to the reporter, saying the punishment was “unreasonable.”
She said the teacher should have used other methods of punishment than putting him to shame.
The boy said this happened on Aug 4 at about 11am when he stepped up to the school building with the shoes on. He had no idea how the clip had gone viral online.
The family of the boy had met the school administrator to inform him of the incident before filing a complaint with Det Udom police.
Thai PBS tried to contact the school director and the female teacher for their comments but was not successful.
Complaint filed against teacher for "unreasonable" punishment - Thai PBS English News