Supervisor sacked for kicking student out of school

Manama : The Education Ministry yesterday sacked a supervisor in a public school for “kicking a student out of school” for not wearing ‘appropriate’ uniform.

The dismissal follows the spread of a video on local social media networks. In the video, a Bahraini mother was complaining about an Arab teacher who “kicked out” her son from Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa Secondary Technical Boys’ School, located in the Educational Area near Isa Town.

Published last week, the mother claimed in the video that her son was asked to leave the school because he wasn’t wearing the appropriate uniform, which is a jumpsuit worn during practical classes in technical schools.

The mother pleaded to Education Minister Dr. Majid Al Nuaimi, as her son was left standing out in the rain after the teacher apparently asked him to leave the school.

In its response, Education Ministry confirmed in a press statement that the school’s administrator that “a supervisor in the school was relieved of his duties”.Public Relations and Information Directorate in the Ministry said on Monday that the decision comes after the Ministry investigated the incident.

“The Ministry took its decision after the spread of the video on local social media. The supervisor asked the student leave his office, after he tried contacting the pupil’s parents to provide him with the uniform. The supervisor’s action was wrong and hence he was relieved of his duties by the concerned department in the Ministry,” the directorate said in its statement, without mentioning more details.