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Faizel Patel – 15/04/2021
Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi has called for swift investigations into the spike in issues of ill-discipline at schools in the province.
The MEC condemned recent acts of bad behavior by some learners at Gauteng schools after several reports of violent acts by learners, some of which were captured on social media.
In the first incident a Grade 11 learner from Anchor Comprehensive allegedly stabbed a Grade 12 learner from Emadwaleni Secondary School in Orlando West.
The stabbing incident followed social media reports over the past few days showing videos where two grade 10 girl learners are engaged in violent conduct in what appears to be the school toilets at Dinwiddie High School in Germiston.
In another video of alleged school bullying, a group of learners at Letsibogo Secondary School in Meadowlands were captured seemingly fighting another learner with dreadlocks.
The incident is alleged to have taken place on Monday where two Grade 12 learners fought each other after school outside the school premises.
Lesufi’s spokesperson Steve Mabona says the MEC emphasized that violence has no place at schools and has called on school management to work with parents and the Department to ensure that acts of ill-discipline and misconduct are brought to an end.
“First of all, I need to make it abundantly clear that our schools can never be sites of violent conduct, assaults or bullying. Our schools should be the centres of excellence not sites of violence and other anti-social behavior. We call on parents to play their role and talk to their children, as well, about ill-discipline and violence as this is a societal challenge.”
Mabona says learners at the schools will be receiving psycho-social support
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