Cases against Teachers Penalty

1. Teacher touches pupil’s thigh, faces A PUBLIC school teacher is facing criminal charges
harassment case The suspect teaches Home in court for allegedly sexually harassing his pupil
Economics and Livelihood Education at inside the classroom
Guadalupe Elementary School in Cebu City. -In
her complaint, the 12-year-old pupil said she and
some of her classmates were directed by the
respondent to go to the classroom for their
failure to submit their project. He asked the
victim to submit either a rope or show him her
thigh. The student told her teacher that she
preferred the rope since she would just text her
mother to buy it. But the teacher allegedly
wanted to see the student’s thigh by holding and
raising her skirt. The student quickly moved
away, but the suspect kept asking her to show
him her thigh. The teacher later pulled up her
skirt and touched her thigh. The student reported
her ordeal to her mother and grandmother, who
confronted the teacher about the incident.
Instead, the teacher turned the tables on his
student and told them that the pupil
“volunteered” to show him her thigh. In the
resolution, Prosecutor Gealon said the elements
of sexual harassment exist in the complaint. The
prosecutor said the student was afraid when the
teacher touched her thigh.
2. CHR files child abuse case against Bacolod The Commission on Human Rights filed before
teacher The child said that at about 8 a.m. of the Ombudsman criminal complaints for child
February 6 while in the classroom, Bolinas abuse and torture against a grade 3 teacher of
ordered her 41 classmates to beat her on the Rizal Elementary School in Bacolod City.
butt five times each using glue sticks. She said her
teacher, who watched as she cried while being
beaten up, had ordered the beating because of
her many absences. The girl said she suffered
extreme pain and wept all day while in school but
nobody paid attention to her. When classes
ended at 4 p.m. she reported the incident to her
aunt who then brought her to the school
principal. The principal advised her aunt to file a
complaint with the police.
3. URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan - A 21-year-old The school has filed an administrative case
newly-hired teacher of a private high school here against Magtoto, while the police filed criminal
is facing cases of child abuse and grave threat for charges against her for violation of Republic Act
allegedly slapping eight students in her class one 7610 or the Women and Child Abuse Act, as well
after the other. Superintendent Jeff Fanged, chief as for grave threat. Magtoto underwent inquest
of Urdaneta City police station, identified the procedure before the City Prosecutor's Office and
teacher as Maricar Magtoto, a resident of remained detained for failure to pay the
Carmen East Rosales. She was named recommended bail of P300,000.
respondents in complaints by Mark Christian
Cruz, Marc Ryan Desamito, Agabbu Saak Alarcio
and Niko Andrew Balagot, with ages from 14 to
15 years old, all in third year high school. Fanged
said the four students went to the police station
last November 27 and reported their teacher
Magtoto for slapping them. The students
sustained bruises, and this was confirmed later in
their medico legal examinations. The students
said there were actually eight of them who
Magtoto slapped, adding that Magtoto also
uttered threats.Based on investigation, the eight
students reportedly bullied their female
classmate, and this angered Magtoto.
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