Egypt’s chief prosecutor on Saturday ordered a criminal trial for a university teacher who allegedly forced his students to take off their trousers in order to pass an exam, private newspaper al-Masry Al Youm reported.
The teacher, an assistant professor at Al-Azhar University, a state-run institution affiliated with Sunni Islam’s key centre of learning, c, will face trial at the criminal court on charges of dishonouring a number of students and abusing his authority, the newspaper said.
No specific date has been set for the trial.
Earlier this year, a video showing the academic promising at a lecture to reward male students who remove their trousers with marks in the exam went viral.
The video triggered an outcry in the conservative country and prompted Al-Azhar University to sack the teacher in April.
The university called it an “immoral act and a crime.”
At the time, the academic, who teaches Islamic creed and philosophy, reportedly apologised for the act, saying it was meant as a test for students on his lectures about ethics.
Al-Azhar University, which admits Muslim students only, follows a gender segregation policy.
