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Published : 27 Apr 2026, 01:51 AM
Students of Willes Little Flower School and College in Dhaka have staged protests and submitted a memorandum to the chief justice alleging that a teacher was “humiliated” after being called to the residence of a High Court judge.
The protests continued from Sunday morning until noon outside the school in Kakrail.
Later in the afternoon, a group of students submitted a memorandum to Supreme Court Registrar General Habibur Rahman Siddiquee, according to a court official.
The memorandum, signed by 22 students including several from class 10, alleged that Assistant Teacher Dayal Chandra Pal was called to the judge’s residence following an incident in class on Apr 16 and was later “insulted and humiliated” by the judge and his wife.
Students said the incident triggered anger among them, leading to protests and slogans outside the school.
A guardian Nahid Hasan said a class 10 student had been reprimanded by the teacher during a class on Apr 16 after causing disturbance.
Following this, the student’s father, a judge, allegedly summoned the teacher to his residence, where the teacher was insulted, prompting student protests and demands for the resignation of the acting head teacher.
The teacher Dayal Chandra said he was under mental stress and feeling insecure after the incident.
“I am frightened, fearing that the judge may use his power to have me arrested at any time,” he said.
Attempts to contact the acting head teacher of the school were unsuccessful as his phone was switched off.
In the memorandum, students described that during a physics class on Apr 16, a student repeatedly distracted the teacher. When questioned, the student asked for help in Bengali grammar, to which the teacher advised seeking help from a subject specialist. The situation escalated, and the teacher allegedly struck the student lightly after being repeatedly disturbed.
Students claimed that following the incident, the student’s father, a judge, summoned the teacher to his residence through school authorities.
The assistant head teacher accompanied him.
At the judge’s residence, the teacher was allegedly “insulted” and asked to apologise to the student, after which he left saying sorry.
Authorities have not yet issued any official statement regarding the allegations.
