Video: North West Matric pupil suspended after assaulting instructor

A matric pupil from Motswedi Secondary Faculty close to Zeerust within the North West province has been suspended after a video of him assaulting a instructor went viral.

The male pupil was angered by the momentary closure of the varsity on account of a confirmed COVID-19 an infection among the many instructing workers. College students taunted and pushed educators as they walked off college premises, however one pupil seen head-butting a instructor within the video.

The incident occurred on Thursday 16 July 2020 throughout the college premises

North West training MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela mentioned she was disillusioned by the incident.

“This behaviour of assaulting academics in our colleges by learners is completely unacceptable. In 2018 an educator was stabbed to dying by a learner in the identical sub-district and we can’t permit such a deplorable behaviour to resurface in our colleges. As a division we view this as a really severe offence to be dedicated by learners.”

“Academics are dad and mom to learners whereas they’re at school and no baby can be allowed to lift a hand in the direction of them. I’ve instructed the officers of the division to make sure that a disciplinary listening to takes place as quickly as attainable towards all learners concerned within the incident.”

The scholar that assaulted a instructor has been suspended instantly after the incident. The disciplinary listening to is predicted to happen this week after the varsity has been decontaminated and disinfected.

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