Worried father of a
little girl who was brutalized in school ( Remmok School), Tunde Etim-Esin, has come out to demand for justices and
explanation through an open letter to the Lagos State Government after his
personal efforts failed.
He wrote:
A Petition against
Remmok School on account of their gross negligence and child right violation.
Dear Sir / Ma,The above subject refers My 30 month old daughter, Miss
Doxa Etim-Esin is a Kindergaten 2 student of the above named school situated at
57, Sarah Faboyede Street, Bucknor Estate, Transformer Bus Stop, Oke-Afa,
Isolo, Lagos .
Apart
from being in the school within school ours, we also paid for after school care
to be provided for her until we pick her up later in the evening.
On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, I got to the school premises at about 7.30pm and
upon checking her body before picking her up from there, i noticed her right
eye was bleeding.
I was alarmed! I beckoned on the small boy she was left with and all he
could say was...."I don’t know what happened. It's not our fault."
At this point, I was left with no other option but to raise an alarm.
The proprietress' daughter came out and maintained that whatever happened to my
daughter was not their fault. At this point, I was so traumatised to keep calm.
I kept demanding for explanations but got none. The proprietress' husband came
out at that point to say I had no right shouting in his premises. I explained
that whatever must have happened was big enough to warrant my raising an
alarm.
He ordered me out of his residence. One of the daughters also flung my
child's school bags at me insisting the accident was not their fault.
I
reported the issue to the nearest police station and the next day, the school
management was invited. Based on their arrogant disposition, the DPO charged
the teacher and she was detained. A few hours later she was released.
After
this scenario, we made it plain that our displeasure was basically the fact
that a 30months child had an accident where adults were around and was left
without even first aid treatment for the next 5hours.
After the kid resumed school, we started getting signals that no one
ever paid any form of attention to her. We doubt she had been allowed to stay
in her right class. Being that the term was nearly over, we had planned to move
her to a new school in the new term.
To our greatest surprise, the school, on Monday, November 7, 2016
inserted a dismissal letter in her school bag which was to be effective the
very next day.
This is our concern. How can a school be so heartless towards children?
Where was she supposed to be the next day? Did they make any arrangement or
provision for a smooth transfer for the child? She is supposed to be in school
with the other kids but she's been denied that right.
Remmok School is not fit to keep children since they even admitted they
do not have what it takes to take care of them and keep them safe. The
Proprietress equally admitted she is not knowledgeable in running a school.
We need justice for our little girl. We have been traumatized, as well
as hospitalized throughout this incidence.
We want the school to take responsibility for all the hospital and time
expenses we have borne and also bear the cost of the school fees of the new
school she will be enrolled in.
We also plead with the Ministry of Education to review Remmok's license
to run a school.
If these are considered, we shall be grateful, on behalf of Miss Doxa Etim-Esin.
Looking forward to your assistance.
Kind regards,
Tunde Etim-Esin
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