A matric student from Motswedi Secondary School near Zeerust in the North West province has been suspended after a video of him assaulting a teacher went viral.
The male student was angered by the temporary closure of the school due to a confirmed COVID-19 infection among the teaching staff. Students taunted and pushed educators as they walked off school premises, but one student seen head-butting a teacher in the video.
The incident took place on Thursday 16 July 2020 within the school premises
North West education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela said she was disappointed by the incident.
“This behaviour of assaulting teachers in our schools by learners is totally unacceptable. In 2018 an educator was stabbed to death by a learner in the same sub-district and we cannot allow such a deplorable behaviour to resurface in our schools. As a department we view this as a very serious offence to be committed by learners.”
“Teachers are parents to learners while they are in school and no child will be allowed to raise a hand towards them. I have instructed the officials of the department to ensure that a disciplinary hearing takes place as soon as possible against all learners involved in the incident.”
The student that assaulted a teacher has been suspended immediately after the incident. The disciplinary hearing is expected to take place this week after the school has been decontaminated and disinfected.
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