Protect students from immoral teachers
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The recent incident of sexual assault on a Class X student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College by one of her teachers has undoubtedly cast a slur on the teacher community. We find no words to express our indignation for such heinous act that took place in one of the most sought-after educational institutions in the country. The culprit, Porimol Joydhor, is now behind bars after his confessional statement before the metropolitan magistrate. The whole nation wants to see an exemplary punishment meted out to him who no longer deserves to belong to the teacher community. However, such incidents of sexual assault on female students by some of their teachers in different schools, colleges and even madrasas have increased alarmingly in recent times. Particularly in the past couple of months, a notable number of incidents of sexual harassment to girl students by some of their immoral teachers got press coverage, giving us enough food for thought. It is utterly frightening that our daughters and sisters are no longer safe even in their own educational institutions! But we must get rid of this horrible situation. With this end in view, a good number of pragmatic measures need to be taken. On top of all, the real culprits must be brought to book and exemplary punishment meted out to them.
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