A NURSERY owner has been acquitted of charges of insulting and disrespecting a public employee but has been told the case will continue through the courts as the Education Ministry appealed the verdict.
After earlier being found guilty by the Lower Criminal Court, the High Criminal Appeals Court overturned the ruling against the woman behind a well-known Saar establishment.
The ministry has announced that it will be seeking the reinstatement of the conviction by appealing the acquittal at the Cassation Court. It also announced that the nursery, catering for two and three-year-olds, will not reopen until the case against it has been concluded.
Ministry officials earlier stated that the majority of the children registered at the nursery had been moved to alternative kindergartens.
The GDN previously reported that the nursery was shut down in January and had its licence revoked after the ministry spotted violations and alleged that the owner was ‘incapable of taking responsibility and caring for children’.
It was allowed to reopen and was given until the end of June to rectify alleged matters of concern. The owner was accused in April of insulting a ministry employee via text messages and the nursery was closed once more on June 30.
In July, the Education Ministry’s Licensing and Early Education Follow-up director met employees and agreed to transfer them to other nurseries for the same salaries and job entitlements.
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