The 17-year-old schoolboy involved in a forbidden love affair with one of his teachers has begun receiving counselling, it was disclosed yesterday.
The boy was said to be in a state of depression and his parents were concerned about his welfare since he was ordered to end the affair.
He is being counselled through the Ministry of Education, it was learned.
The 28-year-old teacher, who has been suspended because of her involvement with the boy,was said to be distraught and had not left her home since she was handed her suspension letter from the Palo Seco Government Secondary School on Wednesday.
Yesterday, after a staff meeting school officials referred questions to the Ministry.
A senior officer at the Santa Flora police station said the boy was 17 years old and "no one is criminally liable in this situation. It is all in the hands of the Education Ministry. They have taken over".
Communications Officer at the Ministry Hilton Braveboy, confirming that the teacher had been suspended, said an investigation was on-going.
The investigation centres around the statement given to police by the fifth form pupil, who was brought in by his angry mother.
She returned from the United States late last month and learned of the affair.
The teenager said he and his teacher became close two months ago, and began spending time together outside of school.
He said his teacher took him to the Hi-RPM pub and Pier 1 Club, and then back to her home to spend nights.
The boy and his teacher, both from Siparia, also spent several nights at his home while his parents were out of the country.
His father works in Saudi Arabia.
According to a police source: "The boy said he and the teacher were in love and if he could not be with her he wanted to kill himself. He is being counselled in San Fernando by the (Education) Ministry".
Former School Supervisor Clifton De Coteau said that if the ministry has immediately suspended the teacher then, "this is very serious and they have evidence".
He said that if the teacher did breach the Ministry's code of conduct, "I cannot imagine what got into her".
De Coteau said the teacher would be "served with a letter asking why disciplinary action should not be taken against her", following which a lengthy investigation would be conducted.
The affair was not the first such report to be investigated by Ministry officials in recent years, it was pointed out.
One relationship between a secondary school principal and her sixth form pupil ended in marriage as did the affair between a Princes Town Junior Secondary school teacher and his uniformed bride, a senior Ministry official said.
He also spoke of the intimate relationships between two female teachers and their pupils from a prestigious college in San Fernando.
This was an article in the Express today. LAWD!
The boy was said to be in a state of depression and his parents were concerned about his welfare since he was ordered to end the affair.
He is being counselled through the Ministry of Education, it was learned.
The 28-year-old teacher, who has been suspended because of her involvement with the boy,was said to be distraught and had not left her home since she was handed her suspension letter from the Palo Seco Government Secondary School on Wednesday.
Yesterday, after a staff meeting school officials referred questions to the Ministry.
A senior officer at the Santa Flora police station said the boy was 17 years old and "no one is criminally liable in this situation. It is all in the hands of the Education Ministry. They have taken over".
Communications Officer at the Ministry Hilton Braveboy, confirming that the teacher had been suspended, said an investigation was on-going.
The investigation centres around the statement given to police by the fifth form pupil, who was brought in by his angry mother.
She returned from the United States late last month and learned of the affair.
The teenager said he and his teacher became close two months ago, and began spending time together outside of school.
He said his teacher took him to the Hi-RPM pub and Pier 1 Club, and then back to her home to spend nights.
The boy and his teacher, both from Siparia, also spent several nights at his home while his parents were out of the country.
His father works in Saudi Arabia.
According to a police source: "The boy said he and the teacher were in love and if he could not be with her he wanted to kill himself. He is being counselled in San Fernando by the (Education) Ministry".
Former School Supervisor Clifton De Coteau said that if the ministry has immediately suspended the teacher then, "this is very serious and they have evidence".
He said that if the teacher did breach the Ministry's code of conduct, "I cannot imagine what got into her".
De Coteau said the teacher would be "served with a letter asking why disciplinary action should not be taken against her", following which a lengthy investigation would be conducted.
The affair was not the first such report to be investigated by Ministry officials in recent years, it was pointed out.
One relationship between a secondary school principal and her sixth form pupil ended in marriage as did the affair between a Princes Town Junior Secondary school teacher and his uniformed bride, a senior Ministry official said.
He also spoke of the intimate relationships between two female teachers and their pupils from a prestigious college in San Fernando.
This was an article in the Express today. LAWD!
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