A father has claimed that his daughter has suffered emotional distress after she was allegedly whipped with a rotan and sent out of class by a female teacher for failing to complete her homework.

Syahrul Asmawi Rashid, 35, said his daughter, Nur Emilia, 12, a Year Six pupil, had since refused to go back to school for the teacher had told her to fill up a transfer form and move to another school.

“The teacher contacted me at 9.30am on Friday and told me that my daughter had returned home for failing to finish her homework.

“I was shocked for Emilia did not return home. Our house is located less than 100 metres from the school. I later found her crying in the village.

“She didn’t tell me what actually happened in school until her friend, who dropped by, related the incident to me,” he told reporters in Butterworth today.

Syahrul, who is self-employed, said he regretted the teacher’s attitude and lodged a police report over the incident yesterday.

Meanwhile, Penang education director Tarmizi Kamaruddin, when contacted, said he had ordered the school’s headmaster to investigate the allegation.  

“Maybe the teacher was overcome by emotion. However, it was against teaching principles to send pupils out of class for they have the right to remain in class to learn,” he added.

- Bernama