TTUTA calls on Ministry to intervene in biting incident

THE TRINIDAD and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) yesterday expressed concerns over the Education Ministry’s demeanor, in relation to a violent attack on a schoolteacher by a parent at the National Stadium on May 28.

In a letter to Education Minister Hazel Manning yesterday, TTUTA’s President Trevor Oliver, stated that the heinous attack on schoolteacher Michelle Mylan, by a parent - the wife of an Indian  diplomat -  undermines the attempts to have the School Intervention Strategies Programme effectively implemented, since it sends a dangerous signal to the many students who witnessed the cruel attack. “Our children must not have the perception that violence is a way of settling grievances, and that status in society exempts one from being answerable for unlawful actions,” said Oliver.

In the letter yesterday Oliver explained that Mylan is still experiencing severe physical and psychological pain and has not received any assistance from the ministry with respect to counseling or consolation. A statement issued by Second Secretary R.S. Rawat of the Indian High Commission, claims that the mother to defend herself. Rawat stated that the mother had been taken to the POSGH for treatment, and that the High Commission had been exercising restraint with respect to its statements.