Catholic educators react to deadly student shooting in Indian school

Published: 2007-12-13

NEW DELHI (CNS) -- A shooting that killed a student inside a private school near the Indian capital New Delhi has raised questions from Catholic educators about the educational system in the country and families' care for children. Indians reacted with shock and disbelief after two eighth-grade boys took turns shooting, then killed a classmate -- an alleged bully -- Dec. 11. One of the boys brought his father's licensed pistol to the school in Gurgaon, outside New Delhi. The event became a discussion point in schools and the media, with most involved parties stressing the need to listen to students and give them opportunities to release stress, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News. Such incidents happen because of the "lack of personal touch and care from parents as well as teachers," Salesian Father Kuriala Chittattukulam, secretary of the Indian bishops' Commission for Education, told UCA News Dec. 12.

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