Sexual abuse: Erode govt school HM fails to act, suspended
Headmaster of a government school in Erode has been placed under suspension by the School Education Department on Monday for failing to act upon the complaint of sexual harassment by girl students against a teacher.
By : migrator
Update: 2021-11-22 21:14 GMT
Coimbatore
Chief Educational Officer (CEO) N Ramakrishnan issued an order placing Ganesan, the headmaster of Government Model Higher Secondary School in Perundurai Taluk under suspension for inaction on the complaint by students against biology teacher V Thirumalaimoorthy, 49.
The teacher was arrested on Sunday for sexually harassing girl students during an online class and also after classes resumed in September. Even though the students raised a complaint with the headmaster, he chose to ignore and asked students not to open up to anyone on the issue. Therefore, the girls informed Childline 1098.
Meanwhile, a large number of parents and students staged a protest in front of the school demanding the arrest of the headmaster for his inaction.
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