President Maithripala Sirisena has said that imprisoning a teacher for punishing a student is a bad precedent to other teachers in the country.
He made this remark while drawing reference to the latest incident in which a teacher was sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment for punishing a student.
"Teachers will now be afraid to question their students," the President claimed.
President Sirisena added that the Education Ministry must take measures to study this case and send a copy of the verdict to all teachers around the country.
Last week, the Kurunegala Magistrates Court sentenced a 55-year old teacher to two years of rigorous imprisonment for beating a student in 2011. She was also ordered to pay Rs 100,000 as compensation to the student.
Former Minister and leader of the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) Douglas Devenanada was arrested by the Criminal investigation Department (CID) today.
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