The Ministry of Education has concluded its investigations into the allegations of sexual predation against Bishops’ High School teacher Coen Jackson and the case has since been handed over to the Guyana Police Force.
“In the case of the Bishops’ High School teacher, Mr. Coen Jackson, the Ministry of Education Welfare Department in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protec-tion concluded its investigation and handed the matter over to the Guyana Police Force,” the ministry said in a statement issued yesterday afternoon, while also announcing that headmistress Winifred Ellis, who had berated female students, would be reprimanded for inappropriate behaviour.
Jackson, 38, an economics teacher, has been accused of preying on several female students; grooming them before entering into sexually relationships with the young women. A formal report was made on Monday against him by Cultural Policy Advisor at the Education Ministry Ruel Johnson, who first made reference to the issue via his Facebook page.