Nyanga parents shut down school
PROTEST: Parents outside Linge Primary School
Parents of learners from Linge Primary School in Nyanga yesterday shut down the school.
School Governing Body treasurer Dumisani Qwebe explains: “The parents say that their children were taken to the Department of Education to testify when one of the teachers was fired for allegedly hitting the learners.
“Parents say someone signed a consent form for their children to testify without them knowing about it.”
Qwebe says the parents are demanding to speak to the person who signed the forms.
He says the school will remain closed until the parents get the answers they are seeking.
“Even the school principal did not know anything about this when the parents asked.
“So now we are waiting for the department to come back with the forms, maybe that will help identify who the culprit is,” he says.
Western Cape Education Department Spokesperson Unathi Booi confirmed: “A handful of people were protesting outside of the school. The protest is reported to be in connection with the dismissal of an educator that was charged with misconduct and found guilty.”
Booi says the school was closed and the children were sent home.