Violence against Children

Teacher: (With loud sound) Ok students… I have asked for a homework yesterday… hurry up and show me your homework… if anyone has not the homework or did but wrong then I will see with him or her…

(Buzzing sound of students)

Nargis: (With herself) oh God… what should I do now… I couldn’t do my homework… now the teacher will be angry at me and I will ashamed in front of all… probably he will kick me off from the class… hope I was not here today…

Teacher: (With anger) be quite… what is the matter… is why you are shouting… ok let me check yours… it is ok but your handwriting is not fair… try to write it properly… hmmm… your work is good Parwana… you are very intelligent…

Nargis: (With fear swallow her Saliva) now he will reach our desk… God… what should I do now… hope I was not here today… the teach is very much angry today… last time he also ashamed me in front of all…

Teacher: (Seriously) how less you have written Fauzai… this time I won’t tell you anything … but next time I will not leave you like this… you are informed… where is your homework Nargis… what are you thinking of… I am telling you girl… Nargis… (Everyone is laughing)

Nargis: (With fear) what… yes teacher… yes…

Teacher: (With anger) what are you saying… where is your homework… I think you haven’t heard my words…

Nargis: (With fear) Teacher… Teacher… I wrote… but forgot to bring…

Teacher: (With anger) you forgot… now I will show you… until you are alive you won’t forget… stand up… stand up… go and stand at the corner of the class… hurry up…

Nargis: (Excusing) it is ok teacher… don’t stand me at the corner of the class… my mother was sick… I couldn’t write…

Teacher: (With anger) now it is good… you are also telling lie… first you are saying that you haven’t brought… then you say that you have not written… raise up you hand… (Sound of beating with the ruler)

Nargis: (Crying) Akh… Akh… my hands… it is ok teacher… don’t beat me… (Sobbing)

Teacher: Shut up… you have to come tomorrow with your mother… understand or not…

Mother: (With anxiety stand from her place) I have too much pain in my waist… thanks God it is over… but the water is too cold… my hands are freezing… uff God… this pain of waist and legs are not leaving me… but thanks God today I am good… Nargis did all my work yesterday… God safe her…

Nargis: (Unhappily) hello mummy;… hope you are not tired…

Mother; (With kindness) hello to you… welcome!

Narigs: (Unhappily) why you have washed the clothes… you should have left it for me mummy…

Mother: (Tiredly) it is ok daughter… it is almost over… let’s go home…

Mother: (With kindness) come and sit near the heater and warm up your hands… now I will heat up the food as well…

Nargis: (With kindness) you sit… I will do all the remaining work… let me warm up my hands first…

Mother: (With Kindness) thanks to your hands… Nargis… why your palms are red?… what happened your eyes are also red… I think you cried…

Nargis: (Unhappily) It is not a problem mummy…

Mother: (Unhappily) how you are saying that there is nothing… I think your teacher has beaten you…

Nargis: (Unhappily) I didn’t do my homework today… then teacher beat me on my palm… I was ashamed in front of all… he called me lazy in front of all… he was trying to stand me at the corner of the class… then he told me to bring your mother tomorrow… mummy I am not going to that school…

Mother: (Exclaiming with sorry) he did bad to beat you… I will go with you to school and then tell the story to your principal of the school… the teacher has no right to beat the children…

Principal: (With kindness) yes… please…

Mother: (Tiredly) respected principal… may we come in?

Principal: (With kindness) yes please… please have a seat…

Nargis: (Respectfully) hello dear principal… my mummy was trying to talk to you…

Principal: (With Kindness) no problem;… please tell me…

Mother: (Tiredly) I am the mother of Nargis Jan… I am too much sick… my legs and waist has a serious pain… Nargis Jan could not do her homework because of me… her teacher beat her on her palms with the ruler… she was ashamed in front of all… do you know that Nargis is very sad… you are well educated… I am illiterate… but to the point of my understanding beating children is not a good work…

Principal: (Unhappily) you are right… the teacher has not done a good job… I will talk to the teacher of Nargis Jan… Inshallah it will not be repeated in future… but Nargis should also have told the teacher before the start of the class… still it is ok… Nargis Jan… now you go to your class… I will talk to your teacher… anyhow the students are like our kids… everyone should understand that by beating and violence the problems will not be solved…

Message of Drama: The Violence against children causes despondency in the children and it reduces the interest of them from the lessons, let’s try to have the school environment as the second home of the children.