A NGO has condemned the transfer of a primary school teacher alleged to have molested students six months ago, as "totally unacceptable".

"It is totally unacceptable that (with allegations of) molesting students, the teacher gets transferred?

"Isn’t it a crime?" asked Malaysian Indians Progressive Association (Mipas) secretary-general S Barathidasan.

"Mipas is very disappointed and sad with non-stop, continuous cases of irresponsible and dangerous teachers who have allegedly molested students in schools and academy centres.

"We condemn this and strongly disagree with the Education Ministry, which has transferred a primary school teacher who had allegedly molested nine students at a school in Hulu Selangor earlier this year, to the Hulu Selangor Education Department (PPD), before being transferred to another school," said Barathidasan in a statement today.

"Transferring or suspending is not the solution to end such serious cases, which damage the future of these students.

"Many parents start to worry about their children's safety and have lost their trust and confidence in the schools and the teachers who are supposed to protect and safeguard our children in school," he said.

On Monday, Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid was reported saying the ministry will work closely with the police to solve the case, which involves nine students in a Tamil primary school in the alleged incident reported in May.

Yesterday, National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) president Kamarozaman Abd Razak said the ministry's transfer was correct, but opined the teacher should have been kept at the Education Department.

Barathidasan urged the ministry to "take stern action and implement laws and standard operating procedures (SOP) to all schools and teachers", adding the full force of the law should be laid on the teacher should the allegations prove to be true.