Chennai: Three Class 10 students of Puduchattiram Government Higher Secondary School near Rasipuram in Namakkal district have been dismissed after they ridiculed a visually impaired teacher while he was taking class.
On Friday, when the teacher was handling the class, the three students walked to the middle of the room and started dancing. They also carelessly walked around in front of the teacher. The students also captured the incident and uploaded it on social media. The video went viral triggering an uproar among educationalists.
It was following this that the school authorities summoned the three students and issued transfer certificates to them.
Rasipuram District Education Officer Balasubramanian said that the school authorities were shocked after watching the video and decided to pass a reposition to issue transfer certificates to the three students responsible for the mischief. He also said that it was very unfortunate that the students behaved in such a manner.
Members of the PTA and the Teachersā Association were invited and a joint decision was taken to dismiss the students. The Headmaster called the parents of the three students and issued the Transfer Certificate, he added.