Unity Primary

[caroline3sg]

http://www.edvantage.com.sg/edvantage/news/news/1279808/Mum_files_police_report_after_teacher_cuts_boy_s_hair.html


Mum files police report after teacher cuts boy's hair just before exam
Edvantage | Thu Aug 23 2012
Mum files police report after teacher cuts boy's hair just before exam

SINGAPORE - One hour before his PSLE oral exam last Thursday, a 12-year-old pupil was hauled into an empty classroom to have his hair cut by his teacher.

The pupil from Unity Primary School in Choa Chu Kang said the teacher, Ms Belinda Cheng, had told him that his hair was too long and if she didn't cut his hair, marks will be deducted from his exam.

Faced with little choice, the pupil agreed, but told The New Paper that he felt \"sad and depressed\" afterwards. He said two other pupils also had to have their hair cut.

Enraged by the actions of the teacher, his mother, Madam Serene Ong lodged a police report and complained to the Ministry of Education (MOE).

Madam Ong, 39, a sales manager, told The Straits Times: \"The teacher had no right to cut his hair...She showed me no respect by not telling me that she was going to cut his hair beforehand,\" adding that the snip had ruined the boy's $60 haircut.

Madam Ong also worried that the incident may have affected his performance on the exam.

The school's principal, Mrs Jasmail Singh Gill, agreed with Madam Ong that the teacher should not have cut the boy's hair. But, she said the pupil had been given a warning letter and that Ms Cheng had the right intentions.

Madam Ong was unaware that a warning letter had been given as her son had forgotten to show it to her, The New Paper reported.

The notice was dated Aug 14, two days before the exam.

Madam Ong scolded her son for not producing the slip earlier, but added that her son was dyslexic, and they \"tend to be forgetful\".

However, a teacher and principal whom The New Paper spoke to felt that the timing of the letter was too near to the exam, and the situation should have been dealt with at least a day earlier.

\"Ultimately, principals should exercise discretion and have the welfare of the child at heart,\" said the principal, who declined to be named.

A spokesperson for MOE said schools are provided with a set of guidelines to manage school discipline, but \"within the guidelines, schools may formulate their own rules based on the school context and needs\".

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[caroline3sg]

Belinda Cheng infamous liao.


PS. The boy had a nice hair cut before exams.

[Xnowy]

Ms Cheng is a good teacher. she was my DD’s form teacher. she really cares about her students.

[caroline3sg]

I don’t side the teacher. They have no right to touch our kids. My son’s teacher (not unity pri) also told him to have his hair cut and I told her off. Another time another teacher told him cannot wear PE attire during exams. I also told her off. Ridiculous sch rules.

[Rafe83]

Then I think you have failed to impart the correct values to your kids. There are rules anywhere you go. Correct decorum is important and should be adhered to. Maybe you can try telling SAF off before they cut your son’s hair when he enlists. Ridiculous expectations.

[Xnowy]

Rafe83:

Then I think you have failed to impart the correct values to your kids. There are rules anywhere you go. Correct decorum is important and should be adhered to. Maybe you can try telling SAF off before they cut your son's hair when he enlists. Ridiculous expectations.

Well said!!!

[lynbaby]

Rafe83:

Then I think you have failed to impart the correct values to your kids. There are rules anywhere you go. Correct decorum is important and should be adhered to. Maybe you can try telling SAF off before they cut your son's hair when he enlists. Ridiculous expectations.

Every teacher is a good teacher! I believe they have their reason for doing so.
I believe she is a good teacher as she still remind the boy to cut his hair before his oral, I bought my gal for a hair cut before her show and tell.

[caroline3sg]

Too rule abiding. Sounds familiar? Rules are made by people. Different people have different yardsticks. Whether I impart correct values or not, not up to you to judge.

[bezzlay]

The teacher has right intention, that is to let the kid look good in front of the tester. The only thing she did wrong is to cut it and doing it during the last hour of PSLE oral. The parent on the other hand, only concerned about the $60 hair cut. The teacher could jolly well let the kid get his marks deducted and not got herself into so much trouble. Sometimes, parents are too self-centred and "concerned" only to their own kid, little to know that whatever way they are reacting now will cause implication to their kid’s behaviour in future.

[verykiasu2010]

many rules in SAF very ridiculous, and many of the penal code provisions also tsk tsk tsk


I hope people will tell the SAF generals and the judges about it … please