Archive · 20 Nov 2025
Teacher Transferred for Slapping Students Sent to Fetch Water
A teacher in India was moved to a different school after hitting some students.
The students were late coming back from getting water, which the teacher had sent them to fetch.
The school department looked into it and decided the teacher should be transferred.
The school also has to explain why the students were sent to get water.
A teacher in Palghar's Zilla Parishad school was transferred
Allegedly slapped students for returning late after fetching water
Students were sent to fetch water from a nearby source
Inquiry by school education department found teacher guilty
School also issued a notice seeking explanation
- Who
- A teacher at a Zilla Parishad school in Palghar, India
- What
- Slapped students for being late after fetching water
- When
- November 14, 2022
- Where
- Jambulmatha area, Jawhar taluka, Palghar
- Why
- The students were late returning from fetching water
- Teacher's Action
- Slapped students
- Students' Task
- Fetching water
- Distance to Water Source
- About 1 kilometre
- Number of Students Involved
- Six boys
- Teacher's Punishment
- Transferred to a different school