Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 5) — The Department of Education (DepEd) has ordered its regional office in Central Luzon to investigate “potential child abuse action” by a teacher who was seen in a video suggesting how to flirt with a “cute” student.
“The Department of Education, as an institution trusted to protect the rights of every Filipino learner, does not tolerate any forms of abuse towards children,” the agency said in a statement on Friday.
Screenshots of the video on the TikTok app showed a man in a teacher’s uniform.
The text on the video said “Pag dumaan ‘yung cute na student mo…Tamang pa cute lang.”
[Translation: When your cute student passes by…show a cute side of you.]
The teacher even tagged DepEd in one of the hashtags in the caption. He also added a tag indicating he was from Pampanga. His account is no longer available on the app.
“As teachers and public servants, we must always champion a safe and nurturing learning environment for children, where physical, verbal, sexual, and other forms of abuse and discrimination are renounced,” DepEd stressed.
