Umm Al Quwain police yesterday returned a 14-year-old student to his family after fleeing the school after the school confiscated his mobile phone and threatened to inform his father of bringing the phone. He fled the school for fear of being punished by his father.
In detail, the father of the student told «Emirates Today» that he waited for his son to return home after school, and when the school bus arrived was not on board.
He added that he believed that he went to the home of one of his classmates.After late, he tried to contact the school to inquire about his son and no one answered him.After Maghrib prayer, he reported to the Umm Al Quwain police to help him look for his son as absent from the house.
He explained that he received a call from the police indicating that his son had them, and went to the police station to bring him and to inquire about the reason for his absence, explaining that his son feared to return home after school, without his mobile phone taken by the school.
Colonel Obaid Ali bin Fadhil, deputy director of the police stations department at the General Command of Umm Al Quwain Police, said that Umm Al Quwain police received a report yesterday evening stating that a student was absent from his school from his family home. About the student.
He said that the student used to carry the mobile phone to school permanently, and use it during classes, where the school administration confiscated the phone, which led to the fear of the student to return home.
Ben Fadel added that the student was oblivious to the teachers and left the school at the time of leaving the students and went towards a mosque near the school, and stayed there until 7 pm, then went to a shop, where he found a friend who was with his mother, and informed the police.
He pointed out that the student's father did not inform the police immediately after his son was absent, but submitted a communication late, adding that parents should care and follow up their children, and understand the ages of the children and the vicissitudes they may experience, and deal with them wisely and guide them without prejudice to educational principles and values.