The Ramotshere Secondary School pupil stabbed the teacher after he was refused a second plate of food in September 2018.
Earlier this week, a 14-year-old grade five learner was stabbed to death by a 13-year-old classmate with a pair of scissors.
The SA Democratic Teachers Union said the child was certified dead on arrival at the Atamelang Clinic. "As Sadtu we view this in an extremely serious light after we have had numerous cases of violence reported in the recent past and just after the latest national safety summit," provincial secretary George Themba said in a statement."On behalf of the department I would like to convey our sincere condolences to the family ... This has been a very unfortunate incident. We never thought we could lose one of our learners like this.
The scissor stabbing came just days after a teacher was assaulted by a parent at the Leema Primary School at Tlhatlhaganyane, also in the North West.reported that the teacher was left bloodied and bruised after the parent assaulted her with an umbrella.
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