Education Ministry slams news website for publishing names and allegations against students
03 Nov 2010, 2:40 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Education Ministry has expressed concern over an article on a Maldivian news website that published the names and schools of four students it alleged had sex.
The website said that one of the students had become pregnant and aborted the child, and that the school had “taken action” against these students. The website blamed the Education Ministry’s “inadequate policies”.
Deputy Education Ministry Dr Abdulla Nazeer said the allegations were untrue, misleading, and extremely damaging to the students.
“Publishing these sorts of untrue stories about students hurts the reputation of the students, ruins their education, and amounts to psychological abuse,’’ Dr Nazeer said.
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