Bolivian teacher investigated for asking students for semen

A teacher in Bolivia has been suspended from her position and is currently under investigation for corruption of minors after asking students to bring semen samples to a biology class.

According to the teacher’s account published Tuesday in the local media, the goal was to analyze the contents under a microscope and allow their classmates to see and smell the samples.

For the situation, which sparked controversy in Santa Cruz and the rest of the country, the teacher was suspended from her job.

The fact became known in the last hours, but it happened three months ago in a school in the municipality of Minero, about 100 kilometers from the city of Santa Cruz, teaching content on the male reproductive system.

Specifically, the request was for the “actively sexual to bring a condom with semen” so their classmates could learn about and prevent some “unwanted pregnancies”.

The teacher clarified that it was a “suggestion”, so no one fulfilled the “task” in her classroom.

“Nobody brought the practical work,” she said in statements to the press.

“I have small children; I am no pervert. I ask a thousand apologies to parents, students, and the society that understands Bolivia. We are human beings, we make mistakes, and this time it was my turn,” she added.

The teacher has already apologized to the parents and the population in general for the situation and maintained that at no time was her intention to “pervert” her children but to give them a class on sexual education.

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The case came to light on Tuesday, August 23, after a parent of one of the fifth-year high school students reported the teacher to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for “corruption of minors”.

The director of the Special Force to Combat Violence (Felcv) of Santa Cruz, Carlos Oporto, reported that the investigation is already underway and that the district director of education and the director of the educational unit were informed about the situation.

“At the moment, we are looking at the psychological interview of the high school students of Minero. With what is going to happen in the psychological interview, we are going to take measures,” indicated Oporto.

The lawyer of the Children’s Defense Office of Santa Cruz, Daniel Ponce, said that they adhere to the investigation and will follow up on the case.

Meanwhile, the departmental director of education, Edwin Huayllani, indicated that the teacher “has been suspended from the corresponding function while the investigation lasts”.

With information from BBCL

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