The Silliman University Elementary School in Dumaguete City is investigating reports that one of its teachers had ordered her pupils to eat small pieces of paper inside the classroom.

The information and publications office of SU said the university is trying to determine whether it is true that Grade 3 pupils of the school were ordered to eat torn pieces of paper.

The report said the teacher got irked because the pupils were very noisy when she entered the classroom.

Some of the pupils did not obey the order, but others really swallowed the paper, some parents alleged.

A parent said it is dehumanizing to make children to eat paper, because even animals don't do it.

The report also said the teacher did not personally put the paper into the mouths of the children, they simply obeyed her orders.*JG

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