No evidence found against Tagore teacher for alleged cannabis use

An investigation into allegations that a teacher of Tagore Memorial Secondary School was smoking cannabis on the school’s premises has concluded that there is no evidence to substantiate the claim.
In October last, management of the school had denied the allegations when they first surfaced. However, some teachers told this newscast that the teacher has been smoking in the vicinity of the school and had offered the drug to students.
Following several media reports, the Department of Education had called for an investigation. Now that the investigation has been completed, there was nothing found against the teacher.
Head of the Regional Education Committee, Zamal Hussain, says the teacher has been found not guilty.
He explained that the enquiry was conducted and there was not enough evidence to hold the teacher to any wrongdoing.
When the investigations were initiated, some teachers were of the view that the investigation would not bring out the truth because certain regional officials were involved.
According to one teacher, they risked the chance of being victimised if they were to say what has been taking place at Tagore Memorial Secondary School.
However, Regional Education Officer Volika Jaikishoon had assured that the investigation would have been properly done. She stated that all the necessary procedures were followed; which included having the Guyana Teachers Union there to represent the questionable teacher: “There was no person that came forward to give evidence.”