Teachers and students at the Seventh-Day Adventist Primary School in San Fernando, where an intruder got into the girls' washroom and made sexual advances to pupils, will be given counselling support.
This was confirmed by president of the school's board of management, Pastor Leslie Moses, who said the matter is being dealt with by the board and Ministry of Education. He said security at the school has been increased, with additional officers assigned and improvements to the perimeter wall .
Moses thanked parents and staff for their calm and patience and the ministry for its support.
Classes resumed on Friday followingan emergency meeting at the school on Thursday to discuss the incident.
A photograph of the alleged perpetrator has been circulating on social media and the police are being asked to arrest the man and take him off the streets.
Parents, who spoke to the T&T Guardian on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is very dangerous and it was not the first time he had entered the school compound.
"The cleaner said around 4 am some time last year when she entered the school gate, he was there standing against the wall. She told him to get out and he brushed past herand walked out. She went inside and closed the door behind her but when she looked up through the glass of the school door, he had re-entered," said a parent, who claimed the man made obscene gestures to the cleaner.
In the latest incident, police were contacted but it took them 30 minutes to get to the school and by that time the intruder was long gone. Parents have agreed to contribute $50 each a month to pay for an additional security officer at the school. They are also appealing for financial assistance from the public to complete construction oftheir new school building at Duncan Village. The structure is 30 per cent complete.