Benin: Mother of a student with a disability to appear before prosecutor after school incidents

A mother of a student with a disability was due to appear before the public prosecutor on Thursday, October 29, after being detained following repeated incidents at her son’s school, where he is in CM2 (the final year of primary school). According to Bip Radio, the school director says her presence beside her child during class disrupted the school. The mother reportedly said she was following a psychologist’s recommendation. The director said some parents, teachers and students had been affected by her conduct and that the situation had continued for several months.