A primary school teacher in north China has been fired for physically abusing one of his students.

Shocking footage of the incident shows the male instructor violently dragging the fifth-grader out of his seat and throwing him to the ground after catching him talking in class at a school in Yangqu County, Shanxi province.

The boy sustained a deep cut above his left ear after hitting his head on a garbage bin, according to Chinese reports.

Shocking footage of the incident shows the male instructor violently dragging the fifth-grader out of his seat and throwing him to the ground after catching him talking in class at a school

The boy is seen being thrown to the ground before hitting his head on a garbage bin

The fifth-grader sustained a deep cut above his left ear after hitting his head

The child's father told video news site Pear that a classmate was arguing with his son when the teacher caught them.

The teacher demanded the pupil stand outside the classroom as punishment but he refused, prompting the instructor to lose his temper.

'My son was disobedient, so the teacher got violent,' the parent, surnamed Zhang, said.

The video shows the teacher walking over to yank the child, aged around 10, out of his seat.

Video shows the teacher yanking the child, aged around 10, out of his seat

After being thrown to the ground, the child is seen sitting up and covering his head in pain

Horrified classmates watched on as the teacher then dragged the student by his red scarf and pulled him outside the room. One girl sitting at the back is seen covering her eyes

After being thrown to the ground, the child is seen sitting up and covering the left side of his head in pain.

Horrified classmates watched on as the teacher then dragged the student by his red scarf and pulled him outside the room. One girl is seen covering her eyes with her hands in shock.

'The principal told us that my son had fallen and hurt himself,' the father said, adding that he has withdrawn the boy from the school.

The principal, surnamed Guan, said the teacher had been fired on the day of the incident.

She added that the relevant education authorities have been notified and the incident remained under investigation.