The incident first came to light when pictures showing bleeding palms first caught the attention of parents of students at Xixiang Middle School in China.
The students reportedly told their parents that they were punished by their physical education (PE) teacher who forced them to walk on their hands until they bled after they tried to skip class.
Despite the parent’s outrageous reaction, the students came to the defense of their PE teacher as they admitted to purposely bunking class.
However, after the local Education Bureau found out what happened, the school officials and the teacher were ordered to apologize to the parents - which they did in person.
The school has also promised to cover all medical expenses for the punished children.