Open Letter To MOE: Cease The Hiring Of Male Gay Teachers |
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By Jackson Tham |
I am disappointed to know that another gay male teacher was charged in court recently. He was accused of molesting two boys aged 13 and 14 in his flat . After the Straits Times broke the news, social media users investigated and managed to uncover that he was a Head of Department of a primary school when those hideous acts were committed. Photos of him were posted on the internet [1]. Clarence Hoe King Chuan was not the first gay teacher to be formally charged for his devious acts. Earlier in December, Chock Soon Seng, a 37 year old male former primary school teacher was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a 14 year old boy and threatened to circulate his nude photos online [2]. In the same month, another 34 year old male teacher in a primary school molested a 12 year old boy who is under his care as a CCA teacher & discipline master [3]. In July this year, a male Junior College teacher was convicted for underage sex with a 14 year old boy he met on the internet [4]. Besides recent cases, a 33 year old gay male teacher in primary school molested and kissed 4 boys between the age of 10 and 12 years old last year November [5]. That same year, a 33 year old gay teacher had molested a 13 year old boy in a condominium swimming pool shower cubicle [6]. In March 2012, another gay 38 year old primary school was sent to prison for 10 years for sexually violating two boys, one of them was only 8 years old [7]. The examples I have listed above are certainly not exhaustive. I firmly believe that most of our teachers who entered the profession have regarded teaching as a noble case but I fear there is a small group of teachers who became teachers to satisfy their own immoral desires. Does MOE and her respective schools have any safeguards to ensure that our school grounds do not become a hunting ground for these sexual predators? I hope our Education Minister Mr Heng Swee Keat has not turned a blind eye to these incidents and I hope he can set a proper directive and address this issue before parents lose trust in our educational institutions. (Hardware Zone Forums) Male H.O.D teacher from Endeavour Primary School molested two young boys [1] (The Straits Times) Man jailed for three years for sexually abusing and threatening teen [2] (The New Paper) School discipline master jailed 6 weeks for molesting pupil, 12 [3] (Asia One News) JC teacher jailed for sex with boy, 14 [4] (STOMP Singapore Court Room Cases) 13-year-old-boy molested in shower cubicle [6] |
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