Dear Friends:
This news appeared in the Metro London this morning (15 03 2012)
-bhuban
Indian teacher baited by ‘playground mafia’
By Sonia Elks
A Headteacher says she was hounded out of her job by a‘playground mafia. of
prejudiced parents.
Sudhana Singh told a tribunal yesterday that one man said: ‘BloodyIndian woman
should not be in charge of our children’.
Pupils were also overheard saying their parents ‘hatedblacks’ and a supporter
of the popular head was branded a Paki lover’.
Mrs Singh - who has 20 years of teaching experience – saidthe parents at
Moorlands Primary school in Tilehurst, Reading, had ‘deeply rooted racist
views’.l
The abuse caused her high levels of stress, anxiety and deepunhappiness’ and
she received ‘no support’ from school governors when she wasbombarded with
complaints and ‘malicious letters’.
Mrs Singh contacted Reading Borough council about the‘endemic’ racism at the
school but, in an inquiry, they criticised her for instilling a ‘climate of
fear’.
Mrs Singh, who took over at Moorlands in 2009, often felt‘unsafe’ around the
parents and wasordered to take gardening leave. She went on to suffer
depression and miscarriage, the tribunal at Reading wastold.
Mrs Singh is suing the governors and Readingborough council for bullying,
harassment and race discrimination. The case willlast 15 days
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