“The ministry operates based on employment law and the Fiji Police Force in terms of criminal law, and the ministry, as an employer, is within its rights to dismiss an employee who assaults a student,” she said. .
Teachers claim that they had no prior notice from the ministry that they had been replaced in a school they have been serving in over the past six years..
FTU also urges parents and guardians to address indiscipline and academic failure of their children at home and should also take time out to visit schools randomly to get feedback from the teachers.