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Akaranan probes Buriram school director for student abuse

Akaranan probes Buriram school director for student abuse

Matichon•General•38m ago

Reader Briefing

Deputy Education Minister Akaranan Kannkittinan has ordered an urgent investigation into a Buriram school director accused of hitting a Grade 1 student with a spray can.

  • •Akaranan Kannkittinan ordered the Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office to investigate a school director.
  • •A 7-year-old Grade 1 girl was allegedly hit on the head with the bottom of a spray can for failing to recite Chinese vocabulary.
  • •The investigation is required to be summarized within 7 days.
  • •The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security is coordinating mental health support for the affected children.

Overview

  • •A parent complained that a school director in Buriram Province hit a 7-year-old Grade 1 female student on the head with the bottom of a spray can because the student could not recite Chinese vocabulary.
  • •The student suffered a swollen forehead and bruising, and other students were reportedly punished in a similar manner.
  • •Akaranan Kannkittinan ordered the Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office to establish a fact-finding committee and investigate the site.
  • •Akaranan Kannkittinan instructed the Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office to check the school director's performance history for previous violence or complaints regarding student punishment.
  • •The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security was coordinated to provide mental health care for the affected children.
  • •Akaranan Kannkittinan confirmed that if wrongdoing is proven, disciplinary action will be taken regardless of the accused's position as a school director.
  • •Akaranan Kannkittinan demanded that the investigation be completed and summarized within 7 days.

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Key Quotes

Akaranan Kannkittinan
"If the investigation finds actual wrongdoing, disciplinary action and appropriate punishment must be taken without exception, even if the accused is a school director."
หากผลสอบสวนพบว่ามีการกระทำผิดจริง จะต้องดำเนินการทางวินัยและลงโทษตามความเหมาะสม ไม่มีการละเว้น แม้ผู้ถูกกล่าวหาจะเป็นผู้อำนวยการโรงเรียนก็ตาม

Key Entities

Person

Akaranan Kannkittinan(อัครนันท์ กัณณ์กิตตินันท์)
Deputy Minister of Education and Chairman of the Center for the Protection of Rights, Liberties, and Safety.

Organization

Ministry of Education(กระทรวงศึกษาธิการ)ℹ️
The ministry overseeing Akaranan Kannkittinan.
Center for the Protection of Rights, Liberties, and Safety(ศูนย์พิทักษ์สิทธิ เสรีภาพ และความปลอดภัย)
The center chaired by Akaranan Kannkittinan.
Buriram Primary Educational Service Area Office(สำนักงานเขตพื้นที่การศึกษาประถมศึกษาบุรีรัมย์)
The agency ordered by Akaranan Kannkittinan to conduct the fact-finding investigation.
Ministry of Social Development and Human Security(กระทรวงการพัฒนาสังคมและความมั่นคงของมนุษย์)ℹ️
The ministry coordinated to provide mental health support for the affected students.

Place

Buriram Province(จังหวัดบุรีรัมย์)ℹ️
The location of the school where the alleged abuse occurred.