The Higher Administrative Court on Sunday dismissed a math teacher in Alexandria for collectively sexually harassing 120 female students in two sixth grade classes in primary school. The court referred to the Article 96 of the Child Law No.1996, amended by Law No.126 of 2008 which stipulates that “The child shall be considered at risk if he is exposed to a situation threatening the sound upbringing that should be made available to him, or in any of the following cases,” explaining that the child is considered at risk when he/she is exposed to violence, immoral acts, pornography, commercial exploitation, sexual harassment or exploitation within the family, school, care institutions. The actions the teacher was accused of committing included instructing the girls to sit on his lap and touching them inappropriately. The court set 10 principles to confront school harassment, based upon facing harassment of the Egyptian girl and the usurping of her rights – such as through circumcision, u…
