A teacher at the Naxxar Boys Secondary School, Andrew Cauchi, has filed a judicial protest against the the Minister for Education and the Education Department holding them liable for damages he suffered when he was beaten by a relative of a pupil at the school.

Mr Cauchi said the Education Ministry had not provided even a most basic level of security at the school.

He told the court that he was a teacher with 18 years experience and had worked at the Naxxar school for three years.

Last Thursday, during school hours, while he was talking to a colleague, he was beaten up by a certain Ron Asciak. Mr Asciak was the partner of the mother of one of the pupils attending the school.

In his protest Mr Cauchi said that he was hurt by the fact that Mr Asciak, together with his partner, had been able to enter the school without hindrance. He expected the authorities to accept responsiblity for the accident for at no time had they provided the school with even the most basic level of security which 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.