Chairman of the Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Alli Baksh has instructed the clerk of the RDC, Sewanand Meusai to write to the Department of Education on the issue of the beating of a pupil of the Charity Primary School.
According to reports, the child was beaten about the face and head by a teacher last week Monday.
When the matter was raised at the RDC statutory meeting on Monday last, Alliance For Change councillor Frances Darchivelle said the teacher involved in the beating should be investigated and appropriate action taken.
The councillor posited that corporal punishment should be abolished because it was a Backward method of administering discipline in schools.
Following discussion on the incident, the clerk was mandated to write to the Education Department.
