Teacher Caught on Tape Assaulting Students at a Christian School in South Africa

An incident caught on tape where a white teacher assaults black pupils have come under severe criticism by many who want the teacher punished.

 The teacher brutally assaulted the pupils in a school in Johannesburg

A teacher has been caught on camera assaulting students in a christian school.

 

In the video that surfaced online recently, the teacher beats and slaps the pupils many times. The dates on the videos indicate that the incidents happened in October and November of last year.

 

The incident happened at a Christian school named Olympia Park School, a Lutheran Special Education Ministries school, for Christian communities, in Springs, east of Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

News24 reports that Gauteng education department acting spokesperson Oupa Bodibe said on Tuesday that the department was "extremely disappointed by alleged conduct of the educator".

 

He said the department had not been aware of the video or the incident and only learned about what had happened when it approached the principal.

"Corporal punishment no longer has space in schools and any educator found to have administered corporal punishment will face charges of assault which could lead to the educator being dismissed," Bodibe said."We have instructed the principal to provide us with a written response providing reasons why this matter was never reported to the department."

 

He said they had referred the matter to its Labour Relations Unit for appropriate disciplinary action and would provide counselling for the learner.

 

"The department would like to remind educators that Section 10 of the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 prohibits any educator from administering corporal punishment in our schools," he said.