Gauteng Education Department to Investigate Glenvista High School's SGB

• The Gauteng Department of Education has deployed a team of officials to investigate the troubled Glenvista High School
• The team is also tasked with probing the school's SGB's effectiveness in implementing discipline
• Educational activist Hendrik Makaneta spoke to Briefly News about the dangers teachers and learners face
• The department's actions come after a video of a group of pupils attacking a teacher went viral

Tebogo Mokwena, a dedicated Briefly News current affairs journalist, contributed coverage of international and local social issues like health, corruption, education, service delivery protests and heritage in South Africa during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.

GLENVISTA, JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng Department of Education tasked a special team of officials to investigate whether Glenvista High School's SGB is effectively doing its job. The school has been plagued with incidents of violence between teachers and learners.

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Gauteng Education Department investigates Glenvista High

According to SowetanLIVE, the team, which includes officials from the MEC of Education Matome Chiloane's office, will deal with the violence and conflict that erupted in the school. This was after a Grade 9 pupil and his teacher got into a viral fight.

The team will also probe the SGB's effectiveness in dealing with acts of violence and enforcing the school's code of conduct. The National Association of School Governing Bodies' spokesperson, Matakanye Matakanya, believes that failing to implement the school's code of conduct may have contributed to the eruption of violence at the school.

Parents complain about waterboarding

A meeting with parents of pupils revealed that some learners were allegedly victims of waterboarding, and others reported learners defying their teachers. Mbulelo Gwebani, the stakeholder relations officer in Chiloane's office, issued a stern warning to the perpetrators.

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"We are aware of incidents where learners pour water on others. We are coming for them. If you are a parent of an unruly child and we have called you here, you will be going back home with your child," he said.

Educational activist speaks to Briefly News

Speaking to Briefly News, educational activist Hendrik Makaneta said that governments can do better.

"Government must find a way to protect teachers and learners. The violence that is in communities often spills into schools," he said.

"If the government cannot address crime generally, then we are sitting on a ticking time bomb as people will eventually take the law into their own hands."

Teacher battles with rowdy class in TikTok video

In a similar article, Briefly News reported that a teacher had difficulties maintaining order in her class.

The teacher posted a video of how she tried to keep a noisy and unruly class under control. However, the pupils paid no mind to her constant screaming and shouting.

Source: Briefly News