As punishment for students, Mingya Middle School in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China forced more than 20 students to throw their mobile phones into a basin of water.
Through the pictures that have been circulated, it can be seen that there is a basin of water and multiple mobile phones on the classroom podium.
The students take turns immersing their mobile phones in the water. Observing the expressions of the students, it can be seen that their expressions are extremely uncomfortable and worried.
The incident information reported by the media has aroused great controversy. Many people think that the school's handling is too extreme and wasteful, and it can completely damage the students' mobile phones.
In the face of strong reactions, the school staff explained that the school's management of mobile phones is very strict, and this method of punishment has been recognized and supported by parents.
Some parents said frankly that it doesn't matter if the phone is broken. However, the school found that the act of throwing the mobile phone was too violent, so it changed to the method of immersion in water.
However, the staff of the local education department did not accept this explanation and stated that they would inspect and educate the teacher involved. The teacher would often have to compensate if the student's mobile phone is damaged.
The school's top management finally came forward and replied that the incident happened in a class in the school's 9th grade. More than 20 students in the class violated the school rules, entered the dormitory without authorization, and played games with their mobile phones in the middle of the night, which affected their studies and rest.
After discovering that many students had violated school rules by entering the dormitory without authorization and playing games with their mobile phones in the middle of the night, the head teacher personally negotiated with the parents to obtain their consent for the punishment method of submerging the mobile phones in water.
However, after investigating the incident, the school board believed that this approach was inappropriate and too extreme. The school severely criticized the head teacher and took relevant measures, including negotiating compensation with the affected parents and improving school management
