Mum calls police over school haircut for son

IT WAS the first day of school on Tuesday, and she was shocked when her son SMSed to say he was getting his hair cut.

By the time she rushed to the school, there were uneven patches on his head, and his hair looked as if it had been unprofessionally cut.

The 43-year-old woman, who gave her name only as Madam Yeo, was upset that her 14-year-old son was subjected to a drastic hair cut by a staff member at Springfield Secondary.

So upset, in fact, that she called in the police and later complained to the Ministry of Education (MOE).

She said her son, a Secondary 2 student, went for a haircut four days before school reopened.

Madam Yeo, a general manager, estimated that at school, about 7cm of his hair was cut off. It had been styled to the side.

"Who gave the teacher the authority to do such damage?

Madam Yeo, who requested that her son not be named, was further angered when she reached the school that day and saw him bent over a table writing out a "statement".

Her son said he was too traumatised to go to school the next day.

She said the MOE responded through the cluster superintendent in charge of Springfield, who assured her that the incident would not be repeated.

Madam Yeo said her son went back to school on Thursday.

She said: "I had to assure him that everything will be okay."

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