Head of Buryatia Alexey Tsydenov spoke up in his Telegram channel tells about a fight between a teacher and a student at a Buryat school. According to him, not only the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child but also the Committee on Minors' Affairs, including parents, will work with the participants in this situation.
A fight at a Buryat school happened last Friday. A teacher who physically abused a student has been fired. The teenager suffered a broken arm. The school began an investigation.
Fights between teenagers and teachers are punished according to the Russian Criminal Code
According to Tsydenov, “to have rights, you must first fulfill your obligations.” He added that it is the responsibility of students to respect their teachers. As the head of Buryatia clarified, a teacher, regardless of age and experience, is always a teacher. According to him, this incident is a “serious case”.
“Teachers are people too: they make mistakes and are not perfect. But show me an ideal student and an ideal parent. We are all imperfect <...> Students' respect for teachers is the basis,” Tsydenov emphasized.
