Harare Primary School teacher sentenced for bash!ng a six-year-old pupil with a blackboard ruler.
Audrey Bayana was the teacher who attack€d the Grade 1 pupil and she was convicted of using a blackboard ruler to beat the child. The student sustained injuries to his right eye but has since recovered.
A Mbare Magistrate sentenced Bayana to four months in prison or alternatively a US$200 fine. She paid the fine and was released.
Her conviction did not trigger a response or any action from the school’s authorities even though it was related to the severe assauIt of a very young pupil.
This has angered some parents who told H-Metro this gives an impression that such attacks on the kids are allowed at the school even though they are considered unlawful by the State.
