The principal of one such school - Arlene Blackman - has been charged with assaulting two young children at her school, Blackman's Private School, and has been released on $150,000 bail.
Police have alleged that Blackman abused the children by putting the heads in a toilet at the school and flushing the toilet.
Gopeesingh told reporters he is "certainly very unhappy," about the alleged attack. However he added that since "it is now in the hands of the police, and the Ministry of Education will obviously have to await the outcome of that matter."
The minister has instructed his staff to start creating a register of the over 100 private primary and secondary schools across the country, noting that all teachers at the school would also have to be registered.
"So we are going to be monitoring the private schools a lot more closely than we have done in the past. That's on the Education Act, but I came and met the Ministry with massive deficiencies and this is one of the areas the Minister has to move swiftly to correct with immediate effect," Gopeesingh said.
The minister has instructed his staff to start creating a register of the over 100 private primary and secondary schools across the country, noting that all teachers at the school would also have to be registered.
"So we are going to be monitoring the private schools a lot more closely than we have done in the past. That's on the Education Act, but I came and met the Ministry with massive deficiencies and this is one of the areas the Minister has to move swiftly to correct with immediate effect," Gopeesingh said.
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