Teacher beaten at school says no security existed at all

A teacher at the Naxxar Boys Secondary School claimed in court yesterday that the Education Ministry had not even provided a most basic level of security at the school.

Andrew Cauchi filed a judicial protest against the Minister for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports and the Education Department in connection with damages he had sustained when he said he was beaten by a relative of a pupil at school.

Mr Cauchi said he was a teacher of 18 years' experience and had worked at the Naxxar school for three years. On April 17, during school hours and while talking to a colleague, he was beaten up by the partner of the mother of one of the school pupils.

The teacher said he was hurt by the fact that his assailant, together with his partner, had been free to enter the school unhindered. He had expected the authorities to accept responsibility for the incident in view of the fact that at no time had they provided the school with even the most basic level of security one expected in a state school.

Mr Cauchi called upon the authorities to make good the damages he had sustained.

Lawyer Owen Bonnici acted for Mr Cauchi.

Comments

p.piscitelli (2 weeks, 6 days ago)

whatever the cause may be violentis not the answer .there are civilized ways to have justice

Stephen Spiteri (2 weeks, 6 days ago)

No teachers are not perfect but whereas children are protected by every means of legislation ( and rightly so), teachers are exposed to all life has to offer them.
Shame on you Pace, to equate child abuse with what might have happened at this school. Go spend a day in a classroom, and you will see what teachers have to live up with, the pressure they face, and the tension such incidents cause - I can't even imagine the repercussions if a teacher hits a student in self-defence. If there's someone to blame it's, in my opinion, the MUT cause it's being too soft on such issues.
Yes, I'm a teacher and I feel it's not protecting us enough.

C Pace (3 weeks ago)

While I do not agree with violence of any sort, and am not at all impressed by these 'parents' who should be setting an example to their children, I am quite intrigued to know what caused their reaction. So within a span of a few days we have very minor information of a teacher who took advantage of children (not even a name or picture), while we are inundated with news of the Naxxar Boys' Secondary saga. Are all teachers perfect....??? I think this is all very one-sided.