The Gauteng Department of Education will on Wednesday release a forensic report into the drowning of Parktown Boys High School’s Enock Mpianzi.
Mpianzi, 13, drowned during a Grade 8 school camp at the Nyati Bush and River Break Lodge on the first day of school in January. At the time of his death, the school was criticised for its handling of the situation. The department had also said the trip was not authorized. on precautionary suspension and a number of officials at the district office, who had been involved with the school's application which had been submitted late last year, but never approved by the department.
It was also alleged that they had failed to keep a record of the number of boys at the trip, as a ledger used to confirm the number of pupils on the trip, had been allegedly forgotten on a school minibus. Gauteng Education spokesperson Steve Mabona said MEC Panyaza Lesufi would release the forensic report on Wednesday evening at Parktown Boys High School. At the time of instituting the forensic report, investigators were tasked by Lesufi to uncover the following: • The conduct of any educator, school Management team and the principal in the reported case. • Was the camp authorized, what procedure was followed by the school or SGB in deciding to take the learners to the camp.
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