Minister of Education Shaik Baksh has said that officials from his ministry will be investigating the incident which occurred at the Charlestown Secondary School last Friday.
“I am very concerned about the incident and I expect the police will take prompt action and send a clear message to the perpetrators so that an incident of this nature does not happen again,” Baksh was reported as saying. “My ministry has a zero tolerance approach to the assaulting of teachers in schools. At our end, we will be investigating the incident and I expect a full report from my relevant officers by Monday afternoon. Based on the report, we will determine what course of action will be taken.”
Baksh, in a statement made through the ministry’s public relations person Tajeram Mohabir, also said that in instances where a student is assaulted by a teacher the
