Teachers have right to discipline their students

A GROUP OF middle-school students in Bozhou, East China's Anhui province, refused to hand in their examination papers to an invigilator and even attacked him. The school authorities' response has been to ask the two parties to apologize to each other. China Youth Daily commented on Wednesday:

The Bozhou incident was not an isolated case. Recent years have seen quite a few incidents of students creating brawls in exam halls and invigilators trying to defend themselves. That's why it is puzzling that the Bozhou school authorities asked the teacher to apologize to the students.

The authorities have ignored the difference between right and wrong and hurt the teacher's professional dignity.