Teacher in Delhi Slaps a Student; Student Loses Hearing

What happened in that Delhi classroom?

In a private school in New Delhi, a teacher slapped a student so hard that the student lost his hearing.

The student's crime: he was doing his English homework in the political science class.

The Times of India reported the police account: "The victim was present inside the classroom. The first period got over and the accused teacher, identified as Kiran Pal, entered the classroom. He found the victim doing English homework. Unable to control his anger, he slapped the student twice as a result of which his ear got damaged," said a police officer.

When the boy reached home, he complained of pain in his ear and was taken to a private hospital by his mother. The doctors told her that his eardrum had been damaged. The student was from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The teacher was absconding, police said.

Does hitting kids solve anything?

Hitting does not solve any issue. A slap might be a temporary measure to discipline a child, but in the long term it only harms. Corporal punishment has been banned in Indian schools, yet cases like this keep surfacing — a reminder that discipline through violence isn't discipline at all. It's abuse.