Ke­jan Haynes

Pres­i­dent Trinidad and To­ba­go Uni­fied Teach­ers As­so­ci­a­tion (TTUTA) Mar­tin Lum Kin ad­vised in a voice note this morn­ing, against us­ing a cir­cu­lat­ing video of the Moru­ga Sec­ondary School in­ci­dent to jump to con­clu­sions, and to be wary, be­cause they can be tak­en out of con­text. 

Lum Kin said the snip­pets might not have re­flect­ed the full sit­u­a­tion and could be mis­lead­ing. 

TTUTA said it's im­por­tant to await the re­sults of the in­ves­ti­ga­tions be­fore mak­ing judg­ments or de­ci­sions. 

The as­so­ci­a­tion said the in­ci­dent high­light­ed the need for mean­ing­ful in­ter­ven­tion at not on­ly the school but the com­mu­ni­ty and at the home.

Po­lice have launched an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to a fight be­tween a male stu­dent and teacher at Moru­ga Sec­ondary School, the sec­ond vi­o­lent in­ci­dent in­volv­ing staff and stu­dents there in a week. Videos of the al­ter­ca­tion, show­ing both par­ties ex­chang­ing blows and end­ing up on the floor, have since shared wide­ly on so­cial me­dia.

Both the stu­dent and teacher were tak­en for med­ical treat­ment.