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Bogus education official returns, enters city secondary

Mar 22, 2013 News

By Zena Henry
Apparently, six months’ imprisonment was not enough for a man who for the second time entered a local school posing to be an official from the Ministry of Education.
Yesterday, 24-year-old Collis Peters was arrested and taken to the East Ruimveldt Police Station after he walked into the Ascension Secondary School and told teachers that he was a senior member of the ministry.
Teachers were however taking no chances and immediately called in the police since they were not informed that any education official would be visiting and the man was unfamiliar to them.
School staffers further made contact with the Education Ministry and it was confirmed that the impostor was not one of their staffers.
In 2011, Peters was sentenced to six months in jail after entering the Golden Grove Secondary School on the East Coast of Demerara and taking it over for almost two weeks. Peters was able to convince staffers there that he was a legitimate official and managed to change school hours and administer corporal punishment to students.
Peters even had the whole school singing happy birthday to him.  He had told teachers that he was the Deputy Education Officer of Region Two, sent by the Chief Education Officer to look into administrative matters at the school.
Teachers however became suspicious when the fraudster had spelling issues in note taking. Some of his actions they said also seemed unfit for an education official. After making the necessary calls it was later revealed that Peters was indeed “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”.
Students of the Golden Grove school had also staged a mass protest in front of the police station following the man’s arrest, demanding that Peters be released so they could return the beatings that he had administered to them.
Teachers and students had also spoken out about the man being able to access the school.
Chief Education Officer Olato Sam told Kaieteur News yesterday that administrative measures have been put in place to identify all education staffers. He said that any official engaging a school must provide relevant document, making it easier for recognition.

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