"With a clear standard, students who go to the toilet and stay there too long could be monitored," the chief people`s welfare minister said.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Coordinating Minister for Peoples Welfare Agung Laksono said the security system of the Jakarta International School (JIS) needed to be audited following A sexual violence against a six year kindergarten pupil at the school.

"We have asked Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh to decree the implementation of a clear security standard system for protect students," Agung Laksono said here on Wednesday.

He expressed regret over the JIS management for not providing assistance for its kindergarten students when they wanted to go to the toilet.

"With a clear standard, students who go to the toilet and stay there too long could be monitored," the chief peoples welfare minister said.

Such a standard should also be applied at other schools so that sexual violence or abuse could be prevented.

Agung hoped that such incident would not happen again, calling on the people, parents and teachers to avoid violence against students at schools.

"People should not be afraid to report to police if they see sexual abuse against children," the minister stressed.

In the meantime, Minister of Education and Culture Muhammad Nuh said the molestation case involving a kindergarten pupil of the JIS was deplorable and could invite sanctions against the school.

"I am deeply sad and deplore this sad and embarrassing case in an international school," Minister Nuh said at the State Palace after attending the Worlds Autism Day commemoration in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Nuh added that the Ministry of Education and Culture had formed a team to investigate and handle the sodomy case, which involved a kindergarten pupil of the JIS.

"Our team will investigate the case and coordinate with the police force. The criminal aspect will be handled by the police, while the educational aspect by our ministry," he explained.

Minister Nuh stressed that there is a possibility of passing sanctions on those who were careless in protecting the pupils, as the incident had occurred within the school premises.

"We will take no more than a month to identify those who were at fault, careless, or not diligent in doing their duties, and of course there will be a sanction for it," he said.

"We will also assist the victim to acquire special treatment to heal the trauma," Nuh added.

Nuh also underlined the responsibility of the teachers, the principal and the foundation related to the case.

The molestation case at JIS, Nuh added, had tarnished the education sector as it occurred in a school with international standard of education, which caused Indonesias education sector to be seen as unsafe as even a reputed school could not protect its students.

Early this week, the public was shocked by the news of a molestation case in an international school in Jakarta, which involved a kindergarten pupil. The victims parent, with initials of TPW, said the incident occurred long before they raised it on the media.

"It was because the school was not being open and helpful during the investigation process," TPW said.

The police force had stated that there were two suspects who worked as janitors at JIS. The two suspects face Article 292 of the Criminal Law and Article 82 of the Child Protection Law.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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