Sacred Heart High School (Hyderabad)

In November 2017, a teacher at Sacred Heart High School was arrested for brutally beating a student with a cane. The student was five years old and in Upper Kindergarten. According to the police, the student in question reportedly had a fight with one of his classmates and ended up biting him. The teacher then punished the student by beating him with a stick.^[2][3]

Child rights organization Balala Hakkula Sangham demanded that the school be closed and strict action taken against the school's administration.^[4]

Sacred Heart High School has an outdoor sports program with an established cricket team. The school's cricket team was part of the elite group during the 2017-2018 Hyderabad Cricket Association inter-school league championship.^[5][6][7][8]