Teachers accused of caning entire school
When the school was visited, some pupils were heard screaming while others peeped through the windows in one of the classrooms where the activity took place. Some pupils were seen rubbing their buttocks while others wept bitterly as they left the classroom.
MBULUZI – Will a stick help
Mbuluzi High School pupils perform better?
This is the question that
one would ask upon hearing that the teachers of the school allegedly gave each
of the pupils three strokes for poor performance.
The punishment was
allegedly meted to the learners during an exercise known as mentorship
programme yesterday. When the school was visited, some pupils were heard
screaming while others peeped through the windows in one of the classrooms
where the activity took place. Some pupils were seen rubbing their buttocks
while others wept bitterly as they left the classroom.
One of the pupils who wept
bitterly was consoled by her schoolmates after the punishment outside the
classroom.
Other learners were seen
limping as they returned to their various classrooms. Speaking to their
classmates in sign language, the pupils indicated that they were given three
strokes each. These were the pupils who awaited the same punishment outside the
classroom.
Asked what was happening
inside the classroom, some of the pupils alleged that they were punished for
poor performance. They alleged that the whole school was punished by the
teachers who were working collectively.
Worth noting is that the
incident happened while the Head teacher of the school, Siza Dlamini, was at an
ongoing workshop at Thokoza in Mbabane.
As published in
Times of Swaziland, 26 June 2018.
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