BEIRUT: The principal of a south Lebanon school has been sacked and given a lifelong ban from teaching after a video showing him caning students went viral on the Internet Tuesday.
Video footage posted on the net showed Moussa Daher, the principal of the Zahrani-branch of Makased School, caning a number of students for allegedly flunking in class.
Barefooted, the students were forced to kneel on an office coach as Daher violently struck the souls of their feet. The terrified students cried and begged for the ordeal to end.
The decision to dismiss the principal came following an emergency meeting called for by Philanthropic Islamic Association that included legal and educational advisors.
The participants also decided to personally press charges against the teacher who “offended the students’ dignity.”
The Makased School branch where the incident took place closed its doors Wednesday to denounce the teacher’s behavior.
Education Minister Elias Abou Saab told LBCI television Tuesday evening that his ministry decided to permanently ban Daher from teaching.
“A decision has been taken to expel the principal and prevent him from teaching ever again in any of Lebanese schools,” he added.
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