MMUSI MAIMANE | Today I will join millions of parents who will send their kids to school. We all send them with the hope that schools will be centres of safety and institutions where we can entrust our children.
A predator educator is more likely to abuse his or her authority by bargaining sex for marks and other favours to the disadvantage of a learner.
Pupils are also not angelic; they contribute immensely to the often precarious and violent environment in our schools. Many of us will remember how Gadimang Mokolobate was stabbed to death by a pupil at a school in Dinokana village, in Lehurutshe, North West. It is said he was reprimanding a 17-year-old pupil who was refusing to stand in a queue. The pupil rushed home to fetch a knife and ended the teacher's life. He has since been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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