Malawi: Community Policing Coordinator for Limbe Police Station Assistant Superintendent Cajetan Singano visited the St. Maria Goretti Girls Primary School. The aim of the visit was to promote child safety in the school premises.
The Community Policing Coordinator interacted with the teachers of the school during his visit on Friday. The official especially engaged with the male teachers at St. Maria Goretti Girls Primary School for the programme.
The leaders have shared that the girls school initiative is expected to bring a significant change in terms of safety of Children. The administration of Malawi is working hard to implement a fight against gender based violence in the various parts of the country.
Protecting children and promoting child safety is also a part of that fight and sensitization on this topic is highly crucial.
Singano sensitised the male teachers on the criminality of teacher-student involvement in sexual relationships. He also spoke to the male teachers about desisting from any activity that might be deemed sexual.
“As male teachers, we must always be cautious to not give room the possibility of finding ourselves facing either allegations or temptation of any sexual related offence. We must avoid unnecessary familiarity with pupils outside school work,” Singano ad.
He also took time to interact with the learners to discuss health hazards that are associated with sex with minors and child marriages.
He, therefore, encouraged leaners to report to head teachers or police any case of sex enticement and all matters relating sex.
Singano also used the interaction to advise the learners to follow all weather perceptional measures to avoid rainy season accidents such as drowning in flooded rivers and deep drains within their localities.
St Maria Gorreti Head Teacher, Moliday Ndovi, thanked Limbe Police for the awareness and encouraged the Community Policing Coordinator to visit the school again for another encouragement with teachers and learners.
St. Maria Goretti Girls Primary School has a total number of 1,774 learners.