A MANENBERG mom claims that her 10-year-old son fears attending school after being bullied by Grade 7s and stabbed in the face with a pencil.
The violent incident happened at Manenberg Primary School last Wednesday and the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said that they are on the case.
The Grade 5 learner's mother explains that her boy was being bullied by a group of older boys and, after an attack on him last Monday, that the principal had told her that the culprits had been "expelled".
But on the following Wednesday, her son was stabbed in the face with a pencil.
The frustrated mon adds: “I went back to the principal on Thursday and asked him about the boy who stabbed my son, he told me he also expelled that boy but when I went to my son's class that same boy was still in school.”
“I went back to the principal, and he told me he can’t chase the kids away from the school. I got hold of the Circuit Manager, he just brushed me off and told me I must go open up a case there is nothing he can do.”
WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond says: “The school immediately intervened when the allegation was brought to their attention.
"The learners involved have had prior cases of misconduct and their parents were called for a meeting with the principal following their recent behaviour and the allegations by the parent concerned.
"The school has also had social worker intervention and has called SAPS for assistance to address the learners.”
“The fact that their behaviour is ongoing is of concern and further intervention is necessary. The WCED is addressing it with the school involved.”