The Independent National Teachers' Union (SNIDE) has condemned a physical and verbal assault on a teacher at the Cheikh Tourad school in the Toujounine department, inside the school, while she was carrying out her duties on Wednesday morning.
In a statement, the union demanded that the woman responsible for the assault be held to account, expressed its solidarity with the teacher, El Gaya Ettayeb, and called for measures to guarantee the safety of teaching staff inside schools and around them.
Following the incident, police arrested a woman suspected of assaulting the teacher, after the school administration intervened and security forces arrived at the scene, according to preliminary information.
