Female Teacher In Morowali Scrambled And Spoofed By Parents, PGRI Central Sulawesi Reluctant To Take Peaceful Path Must Be Punished

Chairman of the PGRI of Central Sulawesi Province, Syam Zaini (ANTARA/HO)

PALU - The Indonesian Teachers Association (PGRI) condemned the mistreatment of a student's parents against a female teacher while teaching at the Labota State Elementary School (SDN), Bahodopi District, Morowali Regency, last Tuesday, March 8.

Chairman of the PGRI of Central Sulawesi (Sulteng) Province, Syam Zaini, emphasized that the perpetrator, who is known to be the mother of one of the students at SDN Labota, must be processed and given the appropriate punishment.

The persecution must not be resolved through peaceful means in order to create a deterrent effect until no more teachers receive the same treatment. "We have to keep ourselves from committing acts of violence in the world of education to anyone, both between students, between teachers and students, students to teachers, parents of students to teachers, and between teachers themselves," he said in Palu. , Between, Monday, March 14.

The victim of parental abuse received scratches from scratches to bursts of abusive sentences. Currently, PGRI Bahodopi District and PGRI Morowali Regency continue to provide legal assistance to the victim's teacher.

"This incident has tarnished the world of education in Central Sulawesi. Tomorrow we will go to Morowali to meet the teacher and provide reinforcement to him. From this incident, all of us, including the regional government, must be aware that teachers must be protected, especially when they do their professional work as educators. "he said.

Zaini explained that a teacher has the right to punish and sanction students if they commit a violation.

Of course, he said, the sanctions given were disciplinary sanctions that were educational in nature or educated students so as not to repeat similar violations, not sanctions in the form of physical violence.

"Of course, if the parents of students do not accept the sanctions given, even though the sanctions are not in the form of physical violence and the aim is to discipline their children, then talk about it carefully. Instead of coming and then directly abusing the teacher who is teaching in class witnessed by other students such as what happened in Morowali," he said.

Currently, the perpetrators of the abuse have been detained by the police for further investigation.