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SINGAPORE \u2013 After being told that one of her students was crying, a pre-school teacher dragged him back to his classroom, flung him onto the floor and slapped his face.<\/p>\n
The impact of the slap caused the boy to hit his head against a cupboard.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old woman was sentenced to five months\u2019 jail on July 27 after pleading guilty to one charge of ill-treating a child.<\/p>\n
The name of the victim and the pre-school cannot be published owing to a court-imposed gag order.<\/p>\n
The altercation happened on Sept 12, 2025, the court heard.<\/p>\n
After one of the teachers pointed out that the boy was crying outside a classroom, the woman grabbed the boy by his wrists and carried him inside. She then flung him onto the floor.<\/p>\n
In response, the boy smacked her thigh. The woman retaliated by slapping his arm.<\/p>\n
When other teachers heard the commotion, the teacher closed the classroom door and began to berate the boy. She also slapped him twice, causing him to hit his head against the cupboard.<\/p>\n
The physical abuse was witnessed by the school principal, who carried the boy out of the classroom and called his mother.<\/p>\n
When the boy\u2019s mother asked him what had happened, the boy initially denied that he had been abused, as the woman had told him not to tell his parents about the incident.<\/p>\n
The boy\u2019s mother made a police report on the same day. Court documents do not state if the boy sustained any injury.<\/p>\n
During her interview with police officers, the woman said she did not slap the boy, even after she was shown CCTV footage of the incident. She claimed she had merely \u201cnudged the side of his head\u201d.<\/p>\n
Deputy Public Prosecutor Jeremy Bin called for a sentence of at least eight months\u2019 jail for the woman.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe role of teachers is sacred. When children, particularly toddlers, are placed in their care, they are separated from their families and are put in an unfamiliar environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cSociety reposes a high degree of trust in teachers to ensure that its most vulnerable and defenceless are suitably cared for when their caretakers are not watching.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is this trust that the accused violated when she struck the victim multiple times, causing his head to collide into a cupboard.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that the woman was unremorseful and had even lied to the police during investigations.<\/p>\n
For the ill-treatment of a child in their care, an offender can be fined up to $8,000, jailed up to eight years, or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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