The Education Department of Nurabad responded to the beating of a teacher

About two weeks after the beating of Rakhmonov Mukhimjon in the Nurobod district, the leadership of the Department of Education of this district visited him.

As reported by the press service of the Nurobod District Department of Education on May 21 of this year on its Facebook page, by the order of the Minister of Education and Science Rahim Saidzoda, the head of the Department of Secondary General Education of the ministry and the head of the district education department visited teacher Mukhimjon Rakhmonov and got acquainted with his health condition.

It is also reported that the trade union of education workers of Tajikistan and the Nurobod district provided financial assistance to the injured teacher and will continuously monitor the process of his treatment and recovery until he fully recovers.

According to the education department, the teacher underwent a complete medical examination, his condition is assessed as satisfactory, and no serious injuries were found.

The education department claims that the Ministry of Education and Science of Tajikistan does not remain indifferent in cases of any form of violence against educators and considers the protection of the dignity, reputation, and health of education workers as one of the most important areas of the ministry’s activities.

Earlier, a video circulated on social media in which a young teacher stated that he was beaten and humiliated by the brother of one of the students. The young teacher appeared to have been severely beaten and was on bed rest.

The history and law teacher of school No. 1 in the Nurobod district, Mukhimjon Rakhmonov, in the video says that after he reprimanded a student for arguing too much, her brother put the teacher in a car, beat him, insulted him, threatened to kill him, spat in his face, and rudely cursed at his father and mother.

Entrepreneur Mirali Orzuev, who is suspected of beating the teacher, told Radio Ozodi that he did not beat the teacher but simply talked to him. The principal of the school where Mukhimjon works stated that he knows nothing about this incident.

Contrary to the statements of the entrepreneur and the school principal, the medical examination confirmed that the teacher had sustained bodily injuries.

The publication, citing its source in the district department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, reports that the suspect in the teacher’s beating “was taken to the police station, and the interrogation is ongoing.” The teacher was referred again for a forensic medical examination, and after receiving the results of the examination, appropriate measures will be taken against the suspect in accordance with the law.