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Egypt teacher faces beating trial | Egypt teacher faces beating trial |
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An Egyptian mathematics teacher is due to go on trial accused of beating an 11-year-old pupil to death because he did not do his homework. | An Egyptian mathematics teacher is due to go on trial accused of beating an 11-year-old pupil to death because he did not do his homework. |
After using a ruler, Haitham Nabeel Abdelhamid, 23, allegedly took the boy outside the classroom and hit him violently in his stomach. | |
Islam Amr Badr fainted and later died in hospital of heart failure. | |
The case, at Saad Othman Primary School on the outskirts of Alexandria two months ago, caused a national outrage. | |
The Egyptian education minister is expected to be called as a witness. | |
Islam's father, Amr Badr Ibrahim, says others should stand trial with his son's teacher. | Islam's father, Amr Badr Ibrahim, says others should stand trial with his son's teacher. |
"The problem is the teaching and the teachers because they cannot find good teachers," he said. | "The problem is the teaching and the teachers because they cannot find good teachers," he said. |
"The minister of education should be the first person to be accused - how can he agree to let such a young man teach children?" | "The minister of education should be the first person to be accused - how can he agree to let such a young man teach children?" |
The BBC's Yolande Knell in Alexandria says for many Egyptians, the case is a shocking reminder of the failings of their state education system, where young, inexperienced and under-resourced teachers often struggle to control classes of between 60 and 100 children. | The BBC's Yolande Knell in Alexandria says for many Egyptians, the case is a shocking reminder of the failings of their state education system, where young, inexperienced and under-resourced teachers often struggle to control classes of between 60 and 100 children. |
The Egyptian government says it is bringing in education reforms - including new teacher testing. | The Egyptian government says it is bringing in education reforms - including new teacher testing. |
It is also trying to tackle violence in schools and has issued new statements on the prohibition of corporal punishment. | It is also trying to tackle violence in schools and has issued new statements on the prohibition of corporal punishment. |