Just days after the Minister of Social Transformation revealed shocking statistics about the extent of child abuse in the country, Minister of Education, Daryll Matthew has addressed a similar issue involving a principal of one of the nation’s public schools.
Minister Matthew addressed the issue in parliament on Wednesday. Without identifying the teacher involved, the minister noted that he has since been suspended and an investigation is currently underway.
According to the minister the accusations against the principal are supported by documentation but he is making it clear that there is no place in Antigua and Barbuda for anyone to use the classrooms to prey on innocent children.
Minister Matthew used the strongest terms to condemn child abuse, including sexual abuse, affecting students in schools, as he confirms to parliament, that a principal is now suspended over what he calls “documented allegations” of abuse. The minister says, under his watch, the principal will never return to a school in Antigua and Barbuda.
Earlier this week, Social Transformation Minister Rawdon Turner, revealed that the cases of child abuse total over one hundred in the period January to September this year. The abuse includes sexual abuse, and physical abuse, which according to the minister are quite alarming.
But the child that got slap at the pms who was innocent the teacher was move to another class because her mom is the zone 2 officer in the ministry of education