Charles awaits report on schoolboy with broken hip

Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary and Secretary of Education, Innovation and Energy, Kelvin Charles is awaiting a written report on the circumstances which led to a Standard Four student allegedly being beaten and suffering a broken hip.

The St Mary's Anglican student, Rayon Radgman, said he was beaten by a group of boys on March 1, but did not tell anyone about the beating or the pain he was in. A teacher eventually noticed the boy limping badly. He was taken to Scarborough Hospital on March 20 and transferred to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope for surgery.

It was only at the hospital he told his mother how his hip was injured.

Speaking with Newsday last Thursday, Charles said he was only made aware of the matter last week.

“I am advised that two boys were involved in a fracas outside the school compound in a neighbour’s yard. It escalated to the point where one child was injured, both were from the school. I am awaiting a written report from the principal and school supervisor,” he said.

Speaking from her son’s hospital bedside in Mt Hope, Avion Robley, of Scarborough, said it hurt to see her son in so much pain. The matter has been reported to the Scarborough police.

Robley is calling for parents to be held accountable for their children's actions.