JOHOR BARU: The MIC leader who was recorded asking for sexual favours in return for help in securing jobs will be sacked from his position as a teacher at a Tamil school if the allegation proves to be true.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk P Kamalanathan said the ministry had asked the relevant district education office and state education department to provide a report on the matter.
"We will also have to wait if there is a police investigation on the matter. However, if the allegation is true, the ministry will not hesitate to sack him," said Kamalanathan.
He was commenting on the case of an MIC branch leader who quit the party following the circulation of an audio recording of him allegedly promising a teenager employment in exchange for sex.
In the recording, the man also admits to having had sex with four young girls studying for their SPM examinations.
Kamalanathan said the man's action was beyond disgusting.
"There is no place for someone like him our schools. As a teacher, it is his duty and responsibility to protect the children, not prey on them," he said.
Kamalanathan was speaking to the media after closing the national level Students Affairs Symposium at the Johor Education Department headquarters here. Also present was the deputy director general (education operations) Aminudin Adam.
The symposium is part of the ministry's efforts to improve the quality of the guidance, counselling and disciplinary service in primary and secondary schools nationwide.
Kamalanathan said all the papers that were presented at the symposium would be uploaded to the ministry's website so that they can be a reference for all guidance counselors and disciplinary teachers in the country.
"We want to share the best practices in guidance and counselling with them," said Kamalanathan, addding there were about 10,000 guidance counselors and disciplinary teachers in the country.
"The number is sufficient for now. If there is a need, the ministry will increase the number," he said.