A Student claims he received severe head injuries after he was beaten by a fellow student in the presence of his teacher.

The 13-year-old says he was hit repeatedly on the top of his head by a 15-year-old while his teacher at the Success Ultimately Reassures Everyone (SURE) programme stood and watched.

But it was not until his head started to swell and his scalp, forehead and eyes started to show bruising, that his father took him to the Princess Margaret Hospital where on Wednesday, according to his mother, he was diagnosed with extensive internal bleeding of the brain.

His mother was called to the hospital and advised to involve the authorities.

She claims SURE principal Joseph Rolle denied knowledge of the April 29 attack at the Gladstone Road campus when she confronted him on Wednesday, but then admitted he was aware that an incident had occurred after she filed a police report on Friday.

Education Minister Desmond Bannister had not been aware of the matter until informed by The Tribune. He later said it did not occur as reported.

The mother, who does not want to be named, said her son described how the older boy took off his shirt before starting the beating. He told his mother that his teacher held the shirt for the older boy and watched the beating.

He then told his mother how he covered his face and head with his arms, as he was crouched down on the floor of the classroom while he was hit repeatedly on the head with what she claims the doctor suspects was a plywood plank.

The boy was then ordered by his teacher to see another teacher who told him to run home and avoid another beating, his mother claims.

However it was not until a week later that his head started to swell and the extent of his internal injuries became apparent.

The former eighth grade student at SC McPherson, who was enrolled in January in the SURE programme for disruptive students, is now suffering severe headaches, according to his mother. She says she now fears he might need neurosurgery.

"The doctor said any blow to his head now would be the end of him," she told The Tribune.

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