A primary school principal in Auckland, New Zealand is torn between fulfilling the parents’ wish to terminate a teacher-cum-prostitute and abiding to the uncommon law of the country.

The decision will not be easy.

When the students’ parents found out that one of the teachers in the school has a second job as a night time prostitute, they quickly want the school to fire her.

According to them, the teacher, a mom of two kids, has tarnished the education industry and is not suited to play a role as an educator. She was also found out to be relatively new to teaching school children.

However, unlike many of the countries, prostitution has been passed as a legal job in New Zealand, regardless if it is done on full time or part time basis. The school also does not have policy that prevents their teachings staff from pursuing secondary employment. This put them in a tricky situation as any decision made outside of the legal fraternity will land them into trouble.

When confronted by her principal, the teacher asked the principal to ’stop being a moral police and stay out of her other personal life’. Outraged over the outburst, the principal has raised the matter to the school’s Board of Trustee, who will collectively decide if the teacher should resume teaching in the school.

The issue also divides the New Zealanders into opposite stands. Some are defending the teacher by arguing that what she does outside of her class is nobody’s business. A large portion of others, however, takes morality and integrity into account, putting themselves into the shoes of the students’ parents.

Apart from New Zealand, prostitution is also a legalized profession in United Kingdom, Netherlands and several Australian states.