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These guys are doing it all wrong. They need to call up the vatican and tell them to send in some nuns. I bet those students would never turn their homework in late ever again and they would use anything more than a ruler!

Egyptian teacher to stand trial for murdering pupil whose homework was late
A teacher has gone on trial in Egypt on charges of beating to death an 11-year-old pupil for not doing his homework.

Last Updated: 7:17PM GMT 20 Dec 2008

Haitham Nabeel Abdelhamid, 23, is accused of beating Islam Badr Ibrahim with a ruler before taking him outside the class and hitting him savagely in the stomach.

The boy then collapsed in a faint and was taken to hospital – but he died of heart failure.

The attack, which took place in October at the Saad Othman primary school near the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, caused national outrage in a country where people are already sceptical about the state.

While Egypt is known for a higher standard of development than many of its neighbours, the country suffers from a lack of resources in its teaching system: meaning inexperienced teachers are often put in charge of classes up to 100 strong.

With the eyes of the nation focused on the coming trial, Egypt’s education minister is expected to take the stand in the witness box.

“The problem is the teaching and the teachers because they cannot find good teachers,” said Islam’s father, Amr Badr Ibrahim. “The minister of education should be the first person accused. How can he agree to let such a young man teach children?”