This teacher clearly is unfit to teach in any school

Jan 12, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
This letter is in reaction to your January 11, 2013 article entitled “Under-fire teacher repays Penny Bank funds.” It is simply shocking that this teacher, from the No. 48 Primary School in Berbice, who is entrusted with shaping the minds of our future leaders, someone with authority over the young innocent ones of our society, could have so cruelly betrayed the trust of these children, violated the professional standards of the noble teaching profession, and more than that, committed a criminal act against these same students, by stealing their money that had been saved up for long periods of time.
I cannot comprehend how any decent, self-respecting individual, more so a teacher, could stoop so low, and engage in such despicable, disgusting acts. It is a disgrace, and reflects a severe lack of character, lack of morals, and disrespect by this teacher for the principles of law and order that ought to exist in our society.
This teacher clearly is unfit to teach in any school in Guyana, and must be removed from the classroom. What possible justification does the Regional Education Officer have for not ensuring that this teacher is removed from the classroom and prevented from teaching again? How can the Department of Education not do everything in its power to ensure that our precious, innocent children are not taught by an individual found to have committed a crime?
Would she have returned the money if she had not been caught and her fraud exposed? I don’t think so. In any other country, this teacher would have been in jail, and brought to trial for her crime, and not merely allowed to pay back the funds, and have the matter swept under the rug.
I am calling on the Guyana Teachers’ Union, the Teaching Services Commission, and the Chief Education Officer to promptly ensure that all professional guidelines are followed, and that this teacher is removed from the teaching system immediately.
Additionally, I hope that the police will press charges against this individual. If they do not stand up for the victims, young, innocent, precious children, who will? What lesson will they learn? Why will they respect any teacher? And what will they grow up believing about our legal system?
The ball is in the hands of the authorities, and they have the power to prove to these young children that justice does exist in Guyana, and those who commit crimes will be punished, no matter what sorts of “connections” they have – because apparently, this teacher has so far taken utmost advantage of her “connections” to stay out of jail. To allow her to continue teaching in the classroom would be a further blot on our teaching service, and harm the students psychologically, especially the victims who might end up in this teacher’s classroom.
To this teacher, I say, shame on you!
Amanda Persaud

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