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Girls’ school closed after claims of rape by a teacher
Maasai girls high school, (Courtesy)
NAIROBI—More than 700 students of Maasai Girls High in Narok on Tuesday morning walked out of the school protesting alleged sexual harassment by one of their male teachers.
The students protested by refusing to go to class and demanded action against the teacher who reportedly hid in the principal’s office.
They claimed the teacher employed by the school board of management has been asking for sexual favours and attempted to molest one of them.
Parents stormed the institution hours later and threatened to transfer their children.
Principal Rose Oteko told the media that the administration asked police to investigate.
“We acknowledge receiving the information about one of our teachers demanding sex from the girls. We did not [dismiss it as a rumor],” she told reporters. “The school will remain closed until further notice.”
The school administration, teachers, parents’ representatives and area education officials who held an hour-long crisis meeting over the matter acknowledged that a male Board of Management(BoM)-employed male teacher was under investigations over sexual harassment.
“It is true that there was a sexual harassment case by a male teacher at the school. On Monday, our quality assurance officers started the investigations and I cannot pre-empt the progress of investigations,” said Samuel Sankale,Narok North Sub-County Education Director.
School Board of Management Chairman Lemita ole Lemein said they are deliberating on the matter and will soon call all parents to brief them on what exactly happened.
“The girls walked out of the school because of the claims. We will meet with the board and discuss the matter and we will announce the outcome later,” said Mr Sankale.
The claims follow the case of Moi Girls’ School in Nairobi, where a student was reportedly defiled and two others assaulted.
