The Trinidad and To­ba­go Uni­fied Teach­ers As­so­ci­a­tion (TTUTA) is urg­ing the pub­lic to al­low of­fi­cial in­ves­ti­ga­tions to take their course rather than en­gag­ing in what it de­scribed as a “tri­al” on so­cial me­dia, amid the con­tro­ver­sy sur­round­ing Holy Name Con­vent Port of Spain prin­ci­pal Sis­ter Re­nee Hall.

In a state­ment to­day, TTUTA said com­plaints in­volv­ing ed­u­ca­tors should be han­dled through the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion and the Teach­ing Ser­vice Com­mis­sion.

“While TTUTA ac­knowl­edges the con­cerns be­ing ex­pressed, we do not sup­port the tri­al of in­di­vid­u­als in the court of pub­lic opin­ion or on so­cial me­dia plat­forms, where un­ver­i­fied in­for­ma­tion can un­fair­ly dam­age the rep­u­ta­tion and pro­fes­sion­al stand­ing of ed­u­ca­tors,” the union said.