Teacher filmed cutting bald patches into 10 studentsโ€™ hair in northeast Thailand

A secondary school student from Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast Thailand, secretly filmed a teacher cutting bald patches into the hair of 10 male students and posted the video on social media. Netizens have criticised the teacherโ€™s actions as inappropriate and a violation of childrenโ€™s rights.

The director of Suranee Wittaya 2 school in Mueang district said the teacher has since apologised to the 10 students and has been given a โ€œwarningโ€ not to do it again.

On Sunday, a local reporter discussed the teacherโ€™s behaviour with the Education Commissioner of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Krittapol Chutikulkiratiโ€ฆ

โ€œAfter two years of online remote learning, many students all over Thailand returned to school with long hair, which goes against the rules of the Ministry of Education. Teachers are in charge of enforcing the ministryโ€™s rule, so thatโ€™s probably why she punished them like that.โ€

Krittapol nevertheless admonished the teacherโ€™s behaviour as โ€œinappropriateโ€ and sent out a message ordering all primary and secondary schools teachers in the province not to cut bald patches into studentsโ€™ hair as a form of punishment.

While her behaviour was not permissible, the teacher will not be fired from her position, โ€œbecause it was not a serious disciplinary offence,โ€ said Krittapol.

Nevertheless, Krittapol asked the provinceโ€™s Office of Secondary Education to launch an investigation into the incident because it broke the provinceโ€™s education policy that every student should happily attend school.

In Thailand, young female students are forced to have uniform short bobbed haircuts. Beauty brand Dove recently launched a campaign against forced haircuts for girls in Thai schools called #LetHerGrow. Doveโ€™s campaign indicates that forced haircuts negatively impact self-esteem.

SOURCE: Sanook

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Leah is a translator and news writer for the Thaiger. Leah studied East Asian Religions and Thai Studies at the University of Leeds and Chiang Mai University. Leah covers crime, politics, environment, human rights, entertainment, travel and culture in Thailand and southeast Asia.

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