Police Deny Officer Forced Children To Do Pushups As Punishment At Valletta School
The police force has denied a claim by the Malta Teachers’ Union that an officer had forced children at the St Albert the Great College in Valletta to do pushups.
“With reference to the Malta Union of Teacher’s statement earlier today, the police force can deny that any of its officers is carrying out supervision work at the St Albert the Great College in a systematic manner,” the police said.
The police said that on 12th October, two police officers gave a talk to students about life in the police force. On 21st October, one of the police officers visited the school and Rector Fr Aaron Zahra again in his own free time and was asked to help supervise a class “for a few minutes” until a college official could arrive.
“Internal police investigations confirmed this officer didn’t use any disciplinary method but used this time to inform the students about police operations,” the statement read.
Rector Zahra and the school’s administration also denied the allegations at the school, which has found itself at odds with the MUT following its decision last month to replace Mario Mallia as head.
Following the school’s rebuttal, the MUT insisted that only educators should be allowed to teach or supervise children.
“The rector asked a plain-clothes officer to carry out work at the school which he wasn’t qualified for, without acquiring approval from the education authorities. If the rector believes a police officer can substitute a teacher, then educators and parents have good reason to worry about the crisis in the school.”
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