MANILA – The teacher who went viral on social media for scolding her students will not receive any punishment.
According to Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio, she learned of the teacher’s explanation and ordered the department’s regional director to merely remind the teacher to slow down if she felt angry or frustrated.
“Ang una ko naging reaction is tao lang ‘yung teacher. Lahat tayo umaabot sa punto na nagagalit tayo, lalo ‘pag nafu-frustrate tayo,” Duterte-Carpio told the media in Cambodia on Thursday.
“This is especially true sa mga teachers dahil ang teachers natin hindi lang isang tao ang kausap nila. Ang isang klase ay merong from 25 to 45, sometimes 55 students,” she added.
“Nakita ko iyong explanation niya, then sinabihan ko ang regional office natin na there will be no penalties for the teacher. Just emind the teacher that if she is angry, she has to pause,” the Vice President further said.
In the viral video, the teacher angrily scolded her students, presumably for misbehaving in class, while also telling them that she was not being paid to be ordered around and treated like a robot and a laughingstock.
Duterte-Carpio also said that the teacher apparently did not now that she was online during the recording of the video, based on her explanation to the incident.
“Ang sabi niya, hindi niya alam na online siya,” Duterte-Carpio said. “Lahat tayo inaabutan ng galit. Ang dapat natin maintindihan ay kung anong gagawin natin kung tayo ay galit na.”
“Itigil muna ‘yung klase. And when she’s not angry anymore, saka siya magklase ulit. There’s a need to pause pag galit iyong teacher. ‘Yun lang ang sinabi ko na reminder sa teacher,” she added.
The Education secretary also said that students who were affected because of the harsh words uttered by the teacher could undergo psychosocial support.
“We have teachers trained for stress debriefing, lalo na sa ating disaster program. So pwede itong gawin kung meron mang bata na nag-manifest na meron siyang anxiety o stress na naramdaman dahil sa nangyari,” she said./PN
