A private preschool in Taipei’s Xinyi District (信義) has been ordered to shut down after one of its teachers was accused earlier this year of sexually assaulting and molesting six children at the institution, the city’s Department of Education said on Thursday.
The department said it issued the order for the school’s closure based on the findings of a committee it had appointed to investigate the allegations against the male teacher.
The committee had interviewed the parents of the six children and examined other evidence, the department said.
The committee concluded that the allegations made earlier this year by the parents were valid, it said.
Based on that conclusion, the department said it has decided to revoke the school’s license with effect from Oct. 1 and to fine the teacher NT$600,000.
The department said it has imposed a lifetime ban on the teacher, preventing him from ever working in the profession in Taiwan again, and his name will be published on a debarred teachers’ list on a central government Web site.
The department’s decisions are separate from the criminal case, which is currently being heard in the Taipei District Court.
Meanwhile, the owner of the preschool is to be fined NT$60,000 for failing to take disciplinary action, the department said, citing Article 46 of the Statute for Preschool Educators (教保服務人員條例).
Arrangements would be made to move the remaining 19 children to other preschools, the department said.
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