Teacher who slapped student probed
A complaint of homicide in relation to the Anti-Child Abuse Law would be filed against the teacher
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Daily TribuneA complaint of homicide in relation to the Anti-Child Abuse Law would be filed against the teacher
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The Schools Division Office of Antipolo City on Tuesday said it is taking "appropriate actions" to address the alleged child abuse incident at an elementary school in Antipolo City.
"We have forwarded the required intake sheet, incident report, and narrative report to the Office of the Regional Director, DepEd Region IV-A, for information and appropriate action," DepEd Antipolo said in a statement.
DepEd Antipolo added that the Office of the Regional Director had issued an order designating a fact-finding team.
Last 20 September at about 9 a.m., 14-year-old Francis Jay Minggoy Gumikib, a Grade 5 student at the Peñafrancia Spring Valley Elementary School in Barangay Cupang, Antipolo City, was allegedly slapped by his teacher, Mirasol Sison.
Gumikib reportedly developed a severe headache after the incident and was brought to the Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center in Marikina City for treatment only on 26 September. He died at the hospital on Monday, 2 October.
A complaint of homicide in relation to the Anti-Child Abuse Law would be filed against the teacher. An autopsy of the student's remains was requested to determine the cause of death.
"Currently, the school principal has assigned an alternate teacher to handle the classes of the teacher concerned who is on official leave," it added.
DepEd Antipolo has formed a team of selected registered guidance counselors, school health nutrition unit representatives, and youth formation development coordinators to help avert a repeat of the incident.
