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BusinessTech writes that growing criminality in SA has now put teachers in the crosshairs and they are increasingly at risk of violence at certain schools across SA.
This is the view of Basil Manuel of the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of SA (Naptosa), who expressed deep concern over the increasing violence targeting teachers in the country. This after a 54-year-old teacher in Stellenbosch was shot and killed outside Khayamandi Primary School, and there was a double murder at Ingleweni Primary in Tembisa last week. Speaking about the growing threat, Manuel stressed that “our teachers are under siege, and the level of violence is what is most worrying.”
He went on to say: “There have always been issues in and around schools, particularly in schools that are difficult to teach at because of community violence, but the murders of late leave one a little taken aback. The real reasons haven’t yet come to the fore, and they could be one of many, but the level of violence needs serious attention.” When asked what measures could be put in place to protect teachers, Manuel acknowledged the challenges, saying that one of the difficulties was that police or even security guards could not be deployed at every school. However, he added that it needed to be brought to the attention of the authorities that the difficult-to-teach schools were just a handful, and protection should be targeted for those schools.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Malcolm Libera at BusinessTech
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