A preschool teacher accused of hitting a child in Sancti Spíritus is sanctioned.

The education authorities in the municipality of Yaguajay, in the province of Sancti Spiritus, concluded the investigations into the alleged aggression of a five-year-old child by a teacher.

Finally, the teacher was sanctioned with her transfer to another position with different working conditions for a period of one year.

However, the General Directorate of Education of Yaguajay took that measure after the minor's family moved to Havana and escalated the investigation to higher authorities, who considered the complaint valid and demanded that the Municipal Directorate of Yaguajay take disciplinary action.

Asiel Carvallo González, general director of Education in that territory, says that the initial commission they had created at the municipal level, composed of specialists from the Guidance and Diagnostic Center (CDO), sector directors, community members, National Revolutionary Police (PNR) officers, social workers among others - thoroughly reviewed "the case".

It is reported that after the application of techniques such as surveys and interviews with the child's family, with workers, and with the students in the classroom, 90 percent of those interviewed recognized the teacher's professionalism, as well as their dedication to the profession.

The local Education manager reiterated that the clinical examination of the minor by specialists from the Joaquín Paneca Consuegra Hospital in Yaguajay revealed that there was no physical evidence of the alleged assault.

"There was never a hematoma or any mark on the skin. However, the child's claim that the teacher hit him remains," he emphasized.

Disagreeing with the preliminary criteria issued by the aforementioned commission, the minor's family decided to transfer him to the Children and Adolescent Protection Center (CPNNA) in Havana, where he was also evaluated by different specialists who validated the complaint made by the child's father.

According to the report issued by the National Directorate of Early Childhood -which Radio Sancti Spíritus had access to- "it was considered that the child told the truth regarding the physical blow inflicted by the teacher...", and recommended that the municipal authority take disciplinary action in line with the incident.

The text, signed by María de los Ángeles Gallo Sánchez, National Director of Early Childhood, suggested to both parents, however, "to enhance the comprehensive care they currently provide to the child in order to guide him and ensure his progress", as they believe that the child's cognitive development is below his chronological age.

Back in Sancti Spiritus, local authorities then adopted the transfer of the teacher to another position with "different working conditions" as an "administrative measure" for a year, conditions that the source did not specify.

The Director General of Education says that they did not punish the teacher "in the most drastic way" because "she is a teacher who had maintained correct behavior in the educational sector, with an impeccable track record until now."

The measure has already been notified to the teacher, the minor's family, the General Education Directorate of the province, and also to the Ministry of Education (MINED).

The minor's family decided that the child will stay in Havana for the time being, where he is enrolled in a school where he will complete preschool until next September, when he will return to the same school where the events took place, Mariana Grajales Coello Elementary School, located in the Jarahueca community, Yaguajay.

The complaint came to light in early May, following a post on Facebook by the child's aunt accompanied by a video where the child himself explained that the teacher had hit him.

According to the complaint, the minor had been hit with a wooden object. Immediately, the publication went viral and generated thousands of reactions on social media.

After the case was publicized, the teacher was removed from the school until the investigations were concluded, as previously revealed by Andrei Armas Bravo, General Director of Education in the province of Sancti Spíritus.