Christian Little Tree Kindergarten at Ying Lok House in Choi Ying Estate, Ngau Tau Kok, has already sacked the teacher after she was videoed slapping a K1 pupil.
The incident was captured by another parent surnamed Tang who originally wanted to videotape her child's school life. The 45-second clip showed a boy leave the classroom and return with a broom after spilling water on his desk. Two teachers yelled and then stopped the boy from holding the broom.
"Hey! Hey! What's up with you putting the broom in the water?" the first teacher said.
"What do you want?" the second teacher grabbed the boy's arm and asked.
The second teacher then made the boy go back to his seat and with her left hand slapped him once on his right cheek. The kindergarten issued a notice after the incident, saying it had received a complaint against a teacher surnamed Lee and had fired her. But Tang told local media she understood that the boy's parents did not report the incident to the police while the kindergarten settled the case in private.
An Education Bureau spokeswoman yesterday confirmed the incident, adding the kindergarten notified the bureau in April and submitted a report.
"The case has been passed on to the police for follow-up," she said.
Source: The Standard and Headline Daily
