The relationship between teacher and student is highly esteemed worldwide, and teachers are always accorded respect similar to that given to parents. Teachers, in turn, consider their students as their children.
However, in recent times, a gravity has emerged in this relationship to the extent that, God forbid, incidents have occurred in the West where the absence of respect and compassion in the teacher-student relationship has led to the deterioration of trust and the breakdown of relationships.
After a photo shoot with a 10th-grade student went viral in the Indian state of Karnataka, the female teacher has been suspended. According to the Indian TV channel NDTV, Pushpa Latha is a teacher at the Government High School in Gorgemala village, and the photo shoot with the student took place during a study tour in Chikkaballapur.
The photos of a photo shoot between a teacher and a student have gone viral, leading to various comments on social media. A Twitter user, Umesh Singh, shared the images with the caption, “What are we calling this as a society?” He wrote, “A romantic photo shoot of a government school teacher with a 10th-grade student in Chikkaballapur district has gone viral.”
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He further wrote, “The parents of the 10th-grade student have filed a complaint with the Block Education Officer (BEO) regarding the teacher’s behavior.”
Another social media user questioned, “Why is there so much uproar over a photo shoot? There is nothing wrong with it. And if action is to be taken, both should be punished.”
After the complaint was filed, Block Education Officer ‘V. Amadavi’ conducted a school visit and an inquiry, following which the teacher was suspended.
The decision to suspend the teacher was made by the Deputy Director of Public Instruction, D.D. Pai, based on the report presented by the BEO from Chikkaballapur’s education department.
