GHAZIABAD: A 15-year-old Class 10 student of Kisan National Inter College in Muradnagar was left with a fracture in his forearm and bloodied fingers on Friday after a teacher allegedly thrashed him with a stick.The school later formed a three-member committee to investigate the case. After his family lodged a complaint, police filed an FIR against the teacher.Md Salman, the boys uncle, said, His class teacher asked him to summon a Class 8 student.When he sought permission to enter that class, teacher Amit Kumar chased him out and beat him with a stick.The student went to the principal, who sent him to a hospital for first aid. We got a call from the school. When we reached MMG hospital, his X-ray reports showed a fracture in his arm, said Salman. Sarika Channa, the school principal, said, After sending the boy to the hospital, I summoned the teacher, but he did not answer properly. So, a panel will probe the case. We are under pressure to take back the complaint but want the teacher punished. My nephew is due to appear in the board exams soon, said Salman.We also published the following articles recentlyRay of hope for govt school teachers to get pension under old schemeThousands of teachers in Uttar Pradesh may be eligible for pensions under the old pension scheme, according to information sought by education officials. The teachers were appointed after the implementation of the National Pension Scheme (NPS) but had applied before it was introduced. If implemented, around 10,000 teachers in aided colleges would benefit. Many other states have already extended benefits to employees in similar circumstances. However, there is confusion regarding teachers appointed in 2004, who have fought for the old pension scheme in court. Education officials have not confirmed whether the information is being collected to extend pensions to these teachers.In a first, Bihar govt to provide housing facilities to school teachersThe Grand Alliance government in Bihar has taken steps to provide housing facilities for over five lakh teachers near their schools to reduce transportation time and expenses. The state government aims to accommodate teachers in buildings close to their places of work, allowing them to focus more on teaching. The education department is working on two models to execute this plan inviting expressions of interest from landlords and inviting proposals from real estate companies to construct buildings for teacher accommodation. The department has allocated Rs2,500 crore of the Housing Rent Allowance for this purpose.Tough hate sec added to FIR against teacherA teacher in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, has had a more stringent charge added against her following the Supreme Courts directive in the school slapping case. The teacher, Tripta Tyagi, was accused of encouraging students to slap their eight-year-old Muslim classmate. The police have now added IPC section 295-A, which deals with deliberate acts intended to outrage religious feelings. The case was initially registered under IPC sections 504 and 323, but the addition of section 295-A could result in a prison term of up to three years.

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