Shivamogga, Nov. 15 -- Allegations of a teacher humiliating students over their parents' occupations have sparked anger among parents at a government Urdu school in Tipu Nagar, Shivamogga district of Karnataka. The parents have submitted a complaint to the Block Education Officer, seeking the immediate transfer of the teacher and disciplinary action.

The complaint names Rafia Ghazali, who teaches at the Government Urdu School on Sixth Cross. Parents alleged that she made derogatory comments about children belonging to poor families, questioning their prospects based on the work done by their parents.

The teacher allegedly told students that children of autorickshaw drivers would become autorickshaw drivers and that the children of scrap...