The Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission has dismissed three secondary schools teachers for allegedly sleeping with some of their underage female pupils.
The Chairman of the commission, Mr. Babatunde Abegunde who disclosed this in Ado Ekiti, said the decision was reached at the board’s emergency plenary held in Ado-Ekiti on Friday.
The police had on Wednesday arrested by the three teachers following a petition filed by an activist alleging sexual molestation of secondary school pupils.
He said the dismissal was consequent on the report of the Commission’s Disciplinary Committee after thorough investigation.
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According to Abegunde, the board dismissed the teachers for sexual violence.
He said the act amounted to gross misconduct unbecoming of those entrusted with the responsibility of molding the destiny of the younger ones.
The Nation reported that the teaching commission’s Chairman explained that the dismissal was in line with the Public Service Rules and the State Teachers’ Manual, stressing the Commission followed due process as laid down by extant rules to avoid miscarriage of justice in arriving at its decision.
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wale Fapohunda, had last week raised the alarm over incessant cases of alleged rape in many of the secondary schools across the state.
