Morobe’s Education Provincial Program Adviser, Keith Tangui has warned teachers that sexual relationships or abuse towards students is a crime under the Teaching Service Commission Act and they will be terminated if found guilty.
His warning follows an incident of students allegedly attacking a teacher at the Wasu Secondary School, in Morobe’s Tewai Siassi District, over rape accusations against the teacher.
The Morobe Provincial Police have reported that on the 17th of this month, the teacher (male) was allegedly attacked by some students at around 2-3am in the early hours of the morning.
Morobe Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent Jacob Singura said the teacher was trying to rape a female student at the school’s basketball court when two male students caught him in the act. The teacher then attacked one of the students when he realized that they had seen him.
“The two boys ran to their dormitory and alerted other male students where they came back and allegedly attacked the teacher by chopping him on both shoulders,” Singura said.
Morobe’s Education PPA Mr Tangui said while the incident is a police matter now, the Provincial Education Division is also required under the TSC Act to present a report to the Provincial Education Board.
“My Deputy has already visited Wasu and is yet to present a report, as soon as it’s done, we will present it to the PEC.”
“Teacher’s suffering at the hands of the community is due to several reasons and those reasons will be spelt out during the investigation,”Tangui said.
Mr Tangui has cautioned teachers to be very careful in their conduct as committing such an offence toward a student is a serious crime and will result in termination.
Meanwhile the Provincial Police are still investigating the matter and have since arrested four suspects alleged to be involved in attacking the teacher.
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