The Education Ministry is now awaiting a legal opinion from the Solicitor General’s Office in relation to an incident where a Year 1 student was reported missing from Arya Samaj Primary School in Samabula around four weeks ago.
Permanent Secretary Iowane Tiko says the next course of action will depend on the opinion they receive.
Tiko had earlier highlighted that it’s a serious case which involves the supervision of children by teachers.
When asked on whether the teachers involved can lose their jobs, Tiko had stated that he cannot rule out this possibility as it’s a serious matter.
The mother of the Year 1 student had told us that she went to pick her daughter, Tracy Lal at 2.45pm on the 3rd of this month, however she was told by her daughter’s classmate that Tracy had walked down to the gate of the school.
Lal was later spotted near her home in Nadawa and was reunited with her parents.
