Teacher faces action after seven students faint in class in Bihar

Seven schoolgirls fainted after being punished by a teacher at a government school in Bihar’s Khagaria district, officials said on Wednesday.

The incident took place at Eknia Middle School on Tuesday under Mansi Nagar Panchayat in the district. Several Class VI students were allegedly made to do sit-ups by a teacher for not completing their homework, during which seven girls fainted and collapsed, officials said.

All the girls were taken to the Mansi Community Health Centre (CHC) for first



aid and were discharged after their condition stabilised.

Following the incident, parents and villagers gathered at the school and expressed their anger. However, officials pacified them, they added.

“Children should not have been subjected to such treatment. A teacher at the school acted arbitrarily. Explanations have been sought from him and the headmaster. If their replies are unsatisfactory, suspension proceedings will be initiated,” District Education Officer Amarendra Kumar Gond said.