- Teacher is seen looming over the boy as he tries to write with a piece of chalk
- All of a sudden she slaps him hard as he struggles to draw the letter D on board
- Teacher was fired from his position at the school in Turkey after investigation
This is the shocking moment a teacher slapped a primary school pupil because he could not write the letter D on the blackboard.
Footage shows the teacher looming over the boy as he tries to write with a piece of chalk at Sakirpasa Primary School in southern Turkey.
All of a sudden he slaps him hard, and then hits him again as the other pupils look on.
Footage shows the teacher looming over the boy as he tries to write with a piece of chalk at Sakirpasa Primary School in southern Turkey
The teacher was fired from his position after an investigation by the Adana National Education Directorate, according to reports.
The video was taken by an unidentified parent who happened to be in the classroom at the time.
They uploaded the clip to social media, where it gained negative reactions from internet users.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing. Neither the boy nor the teacher were named in local reports.
Viewers expressed their shock on social media with many blasting the teacher for his behaviour.
One named De Niz wrote: ‘The child cannot write the letter because he is afraid. Violence is never a solution.
All of a sudden the teacher slaps him hard, and then hits him again as the other pupils look on
‘Children give up on studying because of illiterate teachers like this one. Merciless dog.’
Zehra Durmuscan added: ‘This child is in the playing age. Because of dishonest men like this one the children don’t like school.
‘God damn the people that allowed you to be a teacher.’
And Emre Aktas commented: ‘You cannot be a teacher only by possessing a diploma. People like this do not deserve this profession.’