By Yasmine Saleh First Published: November 6, 2008
CAIRO: The father of a student attending Kafr Al-Zayat Primary School in El-Gharbiya governorate assaulted her teacher and school principal on Wednesday.
Mahmoud Karkor, Sohaila’s father, kicked both her teacher and the school’s principle after they refused to allow him to take his daughter home before the end of the school day.
The father had asked the teacher to allow Sohaila to leave the classroom during the school day. Karkor ended the argument by hitting the teacher. He then headed to the principal’s office. There the quarrel turned into a fight, where Karkor physically assaulted the principal, Ismail Amoush.
The fight came to an end after the police arrived to the school upon Amoush’s request.
Violence is common in schools. While corporal punishment is prevalent, it’s not uncommon for parents to assault teachers in the schools which their children attend.
The Ministry of Education has recently introduced a new project to monitor the violence phenomenon in schools. Through this project, the minister would personally hold daily video conferences with school principals from all parts of the country to get first-hand reports about any violent incidents.
The ministry has also created a hotline 19126 for students and teachers to directly report to the ministry incidents of violence.
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