Teacher kills child: She died due to a blood clot

Police have arrested a teacher who caused the death of a child. Police are holding a female teacher who beat to death a P 1 pupil at Home kindergarten and primary school Najjeera. The teacher has been identified as Juliet Nuwamanya. According to the deputy police spokesman, Patrick Onyango, the incident happened on the 27th- of March 2020 and the victim has been receiving treatment from Nsambya hospital. He says the school administration first sat with the parents of the child and agreed to foot all the medical bills and also had the teacher fired but the condition of the child has been deteriorating until she passed on yesterday. According to the postmortem report sent to police, the child who had Leukemia died due to a blood clot sustained because of the beating. He says they how to await communication from the director of public prosecution on how to proceed. The first-ever national survey on violence against children by the ministry of Gender with support from UNICEF showed that 3 in 4 young adults in Uganda have experienced some form of violence during childhood. One in 3 adults experienced at least two forms of violence either sexual, physical or emotional violence during childhood Half of all 18-24 years old Ugandans believe it is acceptable for a man to beat his wife. Majority adults 6 in 10 females (59%) and 7 in 10 males (68%)experience physical violence during childhood with nearly half experiencing it at the hands of parents and caregivers. Those subjected to physical violence, their first experience was nearly always committed by a teacher (94% for females and 86% for males) 1 in 4 children missed school after experiencing physical violence.

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