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ANY teacher who is found abusing a student will be dealt with condignly by the Ministry of Education and it will be ensured that the entire force of the Sexual Offences Act will be brought to bear on any such person. Education Minister Priya Manickchand declared this policy position while providing the state media with her response to the recent incident where a male secondary school teacher was found with a male student locked away in his bedroom in Mahdia, Region 8 (Potaro/Siparuni).
Manickchand said she does not want to speak on that matter in particular, but it is currently being investigated by the ministry as well as the police, and the ministry is giving its full encouragement and support.
She also maintained that they will facilitate the process of ensuring that the Sexual Offences Act, which caters specifically for people who breach the trust that is placed in them, be brought to bear on whoever is found guilty.
“This is a warning to any teacher who has ill intentions: Do not trouble our children or we will deal with you condignly and we will help the authorities to prosecute you and successfully, once there is the evidence,” the Education Minister declared.
Meanwhile, this publication has been reporting on the ‘incident’ in Mahdia, where police in that area were told about a male student being missing from the student’s dormitory, and was seen on the back steps of the male teacher’s quarters in the nearby village of Campbelltown.
After receiving the information, regional education welfare officers and the police swooped down on the teacher’s quarters where they found both the teacher and student in their underwear only.
The police questioned both the teacher and student after gaining entry to the bedroom where they found a gel, generally used as a sexual lubricant.
The student was removed from the quarters and was immediately given a medical examination by the doctor at the regional hospital in Mahdia.
The teacher is said to be the Chairman of the Regional Education Committee and has since been reporting to the police on a daily as they await further advice and directions from the Ministry of Education and the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Manickchand said she does not want to speak on that matter in particular, but it is currently being investigated by the ministry as well as the police, and the ministry is giving its full encouragement and support.
She also maintained that they will facilitate the process of ensuring that the Sexual Offences Act, which caters specifically for people who breach the trust that is placed in them, be brought to bear on whoever is found guilty.
“This is a warning to any teacher who has ill intentions: Do not trouble our children or we will deal with you condignly and we will help the authorities to prosecute you and successfully, once there is the evidence,” the Education Minister declared.
Meanwhile, this publication has been reporting on the ‘incident’ in Mahdia, where police in that area were told about a male student being missing from the student’s dormitory, and was seen on the back steps of the male teacher’s quarters in the nearby village of Campbelltown.
After receiving the information, regional education welfare officers and the police swooped down on the teacher’s quarters where they found both the teacher and student in their underwear only.
The police questioned both the teacher and student after gaining entry to the bedroom where they found a gel, generally used as a sexual lubricant.
The student was removed from the quarters and was immediately given a medical examination by the doctor at the regional hospital in Mahdia.
The teacher is said to be the Chairman of the Regional Education Committee and has since been reporting to the police on a daily as they await further advice and directions from the Ministry of Education and the Director of Public Prosecutions.
