I disagree with Savenaca Vakaliwaliwa about the teacher’s alleged right to post nude pictures of herself, or anyone else for that matter on social media. Or to be implicated in this.
As a professional working with children, whether teenagers, primary or early childhood, every teacher in Fiji has an ethical responsibility at all times, as a registered teacher to uphold the lawful police vetted standards of their profession, regardless of what hour of the day or night this occurs at.
What parent wants to employ a person to educate their children who wants to participate in this nonsense?
Employers need to be vigilant about standards or rightfully suffer the consequences of concerned parents and society at large. Schools must be safe havens.
No parent should ever feel their child, whatever their school age, could be exposed to any abuse, sexual or otherwise (put in a fridge) by a professionally registered trained teacher in any country.
Otherwise, there is no safety net in our Fiji teacher professional registration, or appraisal systems for teachers as educators; nor is there a robust competitive edge to ensure professional ethics keep our school aged kids safe all the time — to the best of our professional and ethical ability.
Anyone who chooses to abandon these qualities, or expose themselves sexually on social media needlessly, needs to be taken off the teachers register — until such time as they have met the approved appropriate professional ethical standards that a registered teacher must qualify for.
Fiji registration standards, like any profession, must be mandatory for accountability. And must be upheld.
There are plenty of other graduates who could take this teacher’s place and be given the provisional ethical training and professional development necessary to teach children — until such time as she understands her crucial ethical responsibility with children.
