No approval was granted for social media personality’s participation at a Secondary School event last month.
This was confirmed by the Ministry of Education as it stated that a probe into the circumstances surrounding occurrence was conducted.
In a statement on Friday, the Ministry said all school principals are in possession of instructions with regard to the selection and approval process for external parties to speak at schools. It said these guidelines were issued to Principals in 2014, with subsequent reminders thereafter.
However, the Ministry said in the case of the current video circulating with a social media personality, these instructions were not followed by the Principal.
It went on to state that the guidelines have been re-issued with the mandate to Principals that only the MOE, through the office of the Chief Education Officer, can approve external speakers at school events. Failure to adhere to these instructions will result in full investigation being carried out by the MOE, with the possibility of disciplinary action.
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