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Corcho is not my favourite principal. I believe he used Munro College as a stepping stone to Calabar. Anyway, I congratulate him on this move.
Calabar Headmaster Defends Move To Expel Eight Students
Published: Thursday | May 30, 2013 20 Comments
Corcho
Nedburn Thaffe, Gleaner Writer
Just five months after taking up the job as headmaster at Calabar High School, principal Albert Corcho has sent one of the strongest signals that indiscipline would not be tolerated at the school following a recent decision to expel eight students from the institution.
"I have 1,700 boys and parents who I have to give an account to. We have to send the message right across this country - and especially on this Calabar campus - that indiscipline will not be tolerated. That has been our mantra from day one," Corcho told The Gleaner yesterday.
He said it was his hope that the disciplinary action taken would resonate with the students to prevent the school board from coming to a similar decision in the future.
HOPING LESSON LEARNT
"What I am hoping is that I will not have to do this again at Calabar. We are hoping that the young men who are still with us will listen to us and take heed and obey the regulations of the school," Corcho said.
"However, I am prepared, as the headmaster, to do what is necessary to keep the institution the way it ought to be. So if it means that I will have to take more boys to disciplinary committee meetings, I will, but I am hoping that this is the last one," he said.
The expulsion of the eight students came weeks after boys at the institution were arrested for the alleged robbery and stabbing of a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus driver.
Yesterday, Corcho noted that of the eight students expelled, only three were implicated in the incident involving the JUTC driver. The others were expelled for breaching other aspects of the school's rules.
As it relates to the three boys involved in the attack on the bus driver, Corcho said: "We looked at what happened in the JUTC incident. The bus driver was assaulted, he was beaten, he was kicked, he got cut all over his body. This is something that goes against the laws of the country, hence Calabar had to do something. We stepped in and we evaluated the cases and made a decision."
The principal said also that based on investigations conducted by the school, it has been found that the driver was not stabbed as was previously reported.
Adding that he believes a change of environment will redound to the benefit of all the students expelled, Corcho said the school has been assisting some of the students to get into other schools. He said some have already found places in other institutions.
nedburn.thaffe@gleanerjm.com
Calabar Headmaster Defends Move To Expel Eight Students
Published: Thursday | May 30, 2013 20 Comments
Corcho
Nedburn Thaffe, Gleaner Writer
Just five months after taking up the job as headmaster at Calabar High School, principal Albert Corcho has sent one of the strongest signals that indiscipline would not be tolerated at the school following a recent decision to expel eight students from the institution.
"I have 1,700 boys and parents who I have to give an account to. We have to send the message right across this country - and especially on this Calabar campus - that indiscipline will not be tolerated. That has been our mantra from day one," Corcho told The Gleaner yesterday.
He said it was his hope that the disciplinary action taken would resonate with the students to prevent the school board from coming to a similar decision in the future.
HOPING LESSON LEARNT
"What I am hoping is that I will not have to do this again at Calabar. We are hoping that the young men who are still with us will listen to us and take heed and obey the regulations of the school," Corcho said.
"However, I am prepared, as the headmaster, to do what is necessary to keep the institution the way it ought to be. So if it means that I will have to take more boys to disciplinary committee meetings, I will, but I am hoping that this is the last one," he said.
The expulsion of the eight students came weeks after boys at the institution were arrested for the alleged robbery and stabbing of a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus driver.
Yesterday, Corcho noted that of the eight students expelled, only three were implicated in the incident involving the JUTC driver. The others were expelled for breaching other aspects of the school's rules.
As it relates to the three boys involved in the attack on the bus driver, Corcho said: "We looked at what happened in the JUTC incident. The bus driver was assaulted, he was beaten, he was kicked, he got cut all over his body. This is something that goes against the laws of the country, hence Calabar had to do something. We stepped in and we evaluated the cases and made a decision."
The principal said also that based on investigations conducted by the school, it has been found that the driver was not stabbed as was previously reported.
Adding that he believes a change of environment will redound to the benefit of all the students expelled, Corcho said the school has been assisting some of the students to get into other schools. He said some have already found places in other institutions.
nedburn.thaffe@gleanerjm.com
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