Tamil Nadu witnessed two shocking acts of violence on Wednesday, November 20th. A lawyer was brutally attacked with a sickle outside a Krishnagiri court, while a teacher was hacked to death in Thanjavur. Both incidents highlight rising concerns about safety and law and order in the state.
A teacher from Rajasthan, Ramachandra Soni, has been arrested in Tamil Nadu for sexually harassing several girl students at his school. The arrest follows a complaint from a student and an investigation revealing multiple instances of abuse.
A teacher in South Africa was tragically killed in front of her primary school students by two gunmen. The incident, which occurred near Durban, highlights the country’s alarmingly high crime rate.
A government school teacher in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, was suspended after being caught playing Candy Crush and using social media during school hours. The District Magistrate discovered numerous errors in students’ notebooks and found the teacher had spent nearly two hours playing the game and over an hour on phone calls and social media apps during school hours.
In a shocking incident, a principal of a pre-secondary school in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, was caught on video allegedly assaulting a teacher for being late. The incident has sparked outrage, with both the principal and teacher facing criticism for their inappropriate behavior. The principal was accused of grabbing the teacher by her kurta and attempting to tear her clothes during the altercation. Both the principal and teacher used vulgar language and engaged in unbecoming conduct, tarnishing their professional roles.
Peter Thompson, a former South Jersey sports reporter turned high school instructor, has been permanently barred from teaching after pleading guilty to inappropriately touching students while employed at Atlantic County Institute of Technology. Thompson was sentenced to two years probation and surrendered his teaching license as part of a plea deal. The charges against him included endangering the welfare of a child, criminal sexual contact, and official misconduct. Thompson’s teaching career ended when he was fired from ACIT in 2022 after being charged. During the investigation, authorities discovered photographs of students on Thompson’s phone and received reports of suggestive comments he allegedly made towards them.
Edvin Zuckovs, a remarkable 16-year-old from Boston, Lincolnshire, has emerged as the UK’s youngest teacher, making waves in the education sector. Despite being in the midst of his own GCSE studies, Edvin dedicates his time to teaching PSHE lessons to children aged 10 to 13, proving that age is just a number when it comes to making a difference in the lives of young minds.
Fiona Beal, 50, has admitted manslaughter but denies murder after she stabbed her boyfriend 42-year-old Nick Billingham in the neck and buried his body in their garden. Beal told friends they had tested positive for Covid-19 so she would not be disturbed while she buried his body. His mummified body was found four months later wrapped in a makeshift grave after Beal’s journals where she plotted the killing were found by police.
A primary school teacher went on a shopping spree for cleaning products, gardening tools, and personal indulgences after murdering her cheating boyfriend, a court heard. Fiona Beal, 50, lured Nick Billingham, 42, into their bedroom before stabbing him in the neck and mummifying his body in a makeshift grave. The prosecution alleges that she planned the murder in advance and pretended to be her partner to cover up the crime for months.
