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        "id": 1722884,
        "msgid": "hair-of-female-students-cut-by-rogue-teacher-at-smkn-2-garut-kpai-calls-for-serious-evaluation-1778162142",
        "date": "2026-05-07 08:24:36",
        "title": "Hair of Female Students Cut by Rogue Teacher at SMKN 2 Garut, KPAI Calls for Serious Evaluation",
        "author": "Singgih Wiryono",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has urged a serious evaluation of disciplinary methods after a rogue teacher at SMKN 2 Garut forcibly cut the hair of 18 female students, causing significant trauma. KPAI Chairman Aris Adi Leksono emphasised that while school rules are important, enforcement must respect children's dignity, psychological well-being, and rights, involving parents and maintaining a humane approach. Parents, represented by their lawyer Asep Muhidin, have rejected the school's apology and demanded the teacher's immediate transfer, highlighting the incident's breach of educational ethics.",
        "content": "<p>The Indonesian Child Protection Commission has called for a serious\nevaluation of the disciplinary methods used by a rogue teacher at SMKN 2\nGarut who cut the hair of 18 female students. \u201cWe urge a serious\nevaluation of disciplinary methods like this,\u201d said KPAI Chairman Aris\nAdi Leksono to Kompas.com on Thursday (7\/5\/2026). Aris stated that from\na child protection perspective, the issue is not merely about school\nhair regulations, but about the method of enforcing discipline, which\nmust still respect the dignity, psychological well-being, and rights of\nchildren. KPAI understands the importance of discipline in the school\nenvironment. However, said Aris, the enforcement of discipline must\nstill be based on child protection principles, respect for the dignity\nof students, and the involvement of parents. He once again affirmed\nsupport for disciplining children to follow school rules. \u201cBut the\ndiscipline carried out must still be humane and from a child protection\nperspective,\u201d he said. This hair-cutting case is said to have\ntraumatised the female students at SMKN 2 Garut. Several parents firmly\nrejected the school\u2019s apology after their children experienced deep\ntrauma due to the forced hair-cutting action by the rogue teacher on\nThursday (30\/4\/2026). The parents\u2019 legal representative, Asep Muhidin,\nrevealed that the school\u2019s actions were considered to have exceeded\neducational ethics. Asep emphasised that there is strong pressure from\nparents for the teacher involved to be immediately transferred from the\nschool. \u201cFrom our clients, some do not want to forgive until the teacher\ninvolved is reassigned because their daughter is traumatised and does\nnot want to go to school,\u201d he said when contacted by Kompas.com on\nTuesday (5\/5\/2026).<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/hair-of-female-students-cut-by-rogue-teacher-at-smkn-2-garut-kpai-calls-for-serious-evaluation-1778162142",
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