Teacher says sorry to parents
it shouldn't happen in the first place
IPOH: The discipline teacher who ordered six secondary students to shave off their moustaches and beards has apologised to their parents for the misunderstanding, Perak education director Hussain Harun said.
He said the department held a meeting with the parents at the school here yesterday, where the teacher made his apology.
“Investigations showed that there were nine students involved in the incident. The teacher was actually enforcing the rules which forbade the wearing of accessories.
“But in fact, he was being insensitive to the students’ religious and cultural practices,” he said.
Last Saturday, four parents lodged a police report against the teacher after he ordered the boys to shave off the moustaches and beards they had allowed to grow ahead of fulfilling their vows on Thaipusam.
The discipline teacher also ordered them to remove their religious wristband and supposedly used harsh words when they tried to explain.
One of the fathers said he had also written a letter on Jan 7 informing the school that his son would be allowing his moustache and beard to grow as he was going to fulfil his vows on Thaipusam.
The boy’s father had said that his son would be bald and have his moustache and beard removed after the religious festival which fell on Jan 23..
Meanwhile, another father who spoke for the parents, said they accepted the teacher’s apology.
