February 1, 2005
Students use cameraphones to falsify evidence
Following the deplorable reports of London school children randomly slapping people in subways to shock them and snap their picture with a cameraphone, now the Birmingham Post reports that school children are using their camera phones to mock up photographs of staff abusing pupils.
"Brian Robinson, county secretary for the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers, said he had been contacted by nine teachers over the past fortnight detailing pupils' misuse of camera phones in schools.
"Midland officials said the incidents raised worries about pupils using them to falsify evidence in allegations of abuse.
"This is quite a growing concern. It started off a fortnight ago with a mobile phone appearing at a school window and photos being taken of a female teacher," he said.
Then a headteacher in Tamworth contacted me saying that a pupil had mocked up a picture on his phone using Photoshop. It looked as if a teacher was hitting a pupil."
He added: "Malicious allegations are made about teachers on a regular basis, with pupils saying 'a teacher hit me' and so on."
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