The Free State Department of Education says it is concerned by the assault on teachers by learners in the province’s schools. Three teachers were assaulted by learners at two schools in Botshabelo and in Bloemfontein.
One of them a female teacher had her clothes torn by a group of learners during the assault.
Provincial Education Department Deputy Director General, Motseki Monnane says statistics show that on average, a school finds dangerous weapons three times a year.
“ The use of dangerous weapons like testimony related by one of our teachers from Leratong Secondary School in Botshabelo where a learner shot another in a school yard in Qwa Qwa, so it is very clear that the use of dangerous weapons in our schools is now becoming a serious issue.”
