Latest update December 25th, 2024 1:10 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

Charlestown School sexual assault… Teacher arrested, another parent relates similar experience

Jun 06, 2008 News

The Charlestown Government School teacher, who allegedly sexually assaulted a first form student, was yesterday arrested.
However following his arrest, the teacher denied the allegations stating that he never touched the female student.
Despite his denial, he was taken to the Brickdam Police Station and locked up.
Speaking with Kaieteur News yesterday, a close relative of the student said that the girl has since given a statement to the police.
The relative added that they were told to return to the police station today because the teacher may be charged shortly.
This recent incident occurred just days after investigations began into a sexual affair involving a female teacher and a male student at the Richard Ishmael Secondary School.
It was reported that in this recent incident, on Tuesday, the female First Form student received a message to meet a female teacher in the technical department but was however met by the male teacher.
It is alleged that the teacher coerced the young girl to remain in the room during which time he fondled her breasts and sexually assaulted her.
This newspaper understands that the distraught child even related to the teacher that she was experiencing her menstrual cycle and had begged him to stop, but to no avail.
Overwhelmed with embarrassment and disbelief the young child kept the incident to herself until she reached home.
But even as investigations continue into the reported assault, another parent whose child attends the same school came forward to Kaieteur News to relate a similar incident involving her 15-year-old daughter.
The woman told this newspaper that earlier this year her daughter began receiving phone calls and text messages from a male teacher at the school.
“She come home one day and tell me that the teacher was sending her messages and calling her on her cell phone. When my daughter tell him that she was not interested in him he began threatening her,” the woman said.
She added that the situation with her daughter became very unbearable since the particular teacher began failing her in assignments and tests.
“I went to the school and I behave real bad and the headmistress call me in her office and tell me not to go public with the story because it would tarnish the name of the school. So when I see the story in Kaieteur News today (yesterday) with the child, I believe it, because is the same thing the head mistress tell me when I went there,” the mother said.
According to the woman, her daughter has since been removed from the particular teacher’s class.
She added that he is not permitted to speak with her nor enter any of her classrooms as long as she is inside.
“I know sometimes girl children would behave hot and fronting but that does not give them (teachers) the right to interfere with people children. Only recently it had a big fight in the school compound with two students over the same teacher. That is what is going on there,” the parent added.
When Kaieteur News contacted the Headmistress of the School on this most recent revelation, she said that she was not in a position to comment.
“Any comment will be through the Ministry,” the headmistress said.
On Wednesday, the same headmistress admitted that she had cautioned the mother of the girl who had made the allegation not to take the matter further since she needed to hear the teacher’s side.
She added that the teacher was absent on Wednesday, which was very unusual.
Kaieteur News was told that the teacher had gone to work on Wednesday but left soon after he spotted the student and her mother.
The teacher is expected to be charged today.
Meanwhile, former students from the school have since related to Kaieteur News that they have letters of apology from the teacher at the centre of the sexual assault allegation because of similar acts in the past.
According to one student, the teacher is known for such acts and the school administration has been suppressing the incidents.

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show | December, 2nd, 2024

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day...

Dec 25, 2024

Over 70 entries in as $7M in prizes at stake  By Samuel Whyte Kaieteur Sports- The time has come and the wait is over and its gallop time as the biggest event for the year-end season is set for the...
Read More
Xhiya Hercules – flipping the script towards Gymnastics history for Guyana

Xhiya Hercules – flipping the script towards...

Dec 25, 2024

Road Warriors, Bent Street, Team Cruel & Gold Is Money into quarter-finals

Road Warriors, Bent Street, Team Cruel &...

Dec 25, 2024

Deol maiden hundred outshines Matthews’ as India take series

Deol maiden hundred outshines Matthews’ as...

Dec 25, 2024

Moraikobai village two days football competition and fun day set for Old and New Year’s Day

Moraikobai village two days football competition...

Dec 25, 2024

BCB thanks cricket fraternity for strong support in 2024

BCB thanks cricket fraternity for strong support...

Dec 25, 2024

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]