Brampton: A Sikh family began to fear sending their son to school


Surinder MaviWinnipeg, January 17

In a school in the city of Brampton, Canada, there have been several attacks on a Sikh child studying in the third grade for the past several days. The Sikh family is afraid to send their child to school. The parents alleged that after the fourth attack on the child, the school principal has taken the issue seriously. He said that due to lack of timely action, he is now worried about the safety of his child. They are afraid to send their child to school.

According to the report of ‘Omni News’, the child said that some classmates surrounded him in the school and one person slapped him on the face. This happened many times after that. The identity of the family, however, has not been made public and the child’s mother said that in September last year, she enrolled her child in the Hanover Public School, where there are more than three hundred children. According to the family, initially the child was only verbally abused, but soon the attacks started. A complaint was made to the school about this but within a week the attack happened again. The students surrounded and thrashed the Sikh child. When the child started crying in pain, the fourth or fifth class children saved him. About two and a half months ago, the Sikh boy was targeted again when a student came and punched him in the face. The parents emailed the principal about the repeated attacks.

The principal called the erring children and they all apologized to the Sikh child, but after a few hours the same thing started again. Parents are getting nervous about sending their children to school. The principal is assuring the parents to ensure the safety of the child, but the family believes that the situation would not have been so bad if the teacher had taken immediate action when the incident first occurred. Hanover Public Schools or Peel District School Board could not be reached for comment at this time.

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