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A 12-year-old schoolboy set himself ablaze today after his father refused to appear along with him before the headmaster of his school in Pakistan's Punjab province.
Omar Khalid, a grade VI student of the Government MC School at Yasinabad in Faisalabad district, 100 kilometres from Lahore, was reportedly upset following his expulsion from school.
Doctors described the boy's condition as critical. They said he had suffered 90 per cent burns and his chances of survival were remote.
The boy was rushed to a hospital with severe burn injuries and the father too was admitted a little later after he suffered a heart attack.
Ahmed told reporters that his son was expelled from school for being absent for a few days.
"Today he asked me to accompany him to the school as the headmaster told him not to come to school without his father," Ahmed said.
He added that he had refused to go to the school with his son because he had faced embarrassment in the past when the headmaster complained about Khalid's lack of interest in studies.
"After this, my son left the house and set himself on fire after pouring oil on himself," Ahmed said.
Several of Khalid's classmates visited the hospital to inquire about his health.
Pak 6th grader sets himself afire | Business Standard
He is not only one, school drop out is extremely high since 2007. Parent can't afford schooling or schools are closed. Many childern are victim of ghost schools in villages. Where we can find the school on paper. Teachers are getting their salaries but schools found nowhere ...but now a sixth grader has sense of social injustice ????????I remember when i was in sixth grade, what is ????
Omar Khalid, a grade VI student of the Government MC School at Yasinabad in Faisalabad district, 100 kilometres from Lahore, was reportedly upset following his expulsion from school.
Doctors described the boy's condition as critical. They said he had suffered 90 per cent burns and his chances of survival were remote.
The boy was rushed to a hospital with severe burn injuries and the father too was admitted a little later after he suffered a heart attack.
Ahmed told reporters that his son was expelled from school for being absent for a few days.
"Today he asked me to accompany him to the school as the headmaster told him not to come to school without his father," Ahmed said.
He added that he had refused to go to the school with his son because he had faced embarrassment in the past when the headmaster complained about Khalid's lack of interest in studies.
"After this, my son left the house and set himself on fire after pouring oil on himself," Ahmed said.
Several of Khalid's classmates visited the hospital to inquire about his health.
Pak 6th grader sets himself afire | Business Standard
He is not only one, school drop out is extremely high since 2007. Parent can't afford schooling or schools are closed. Many childern are victim of ghost schools in villages. Where we can find the school on paper. Teachers are getting their salaries but schools found nowhere ...but now a sixth grader has sense of social injustice ????????I remember when i was in sixth grade, what is ????
