In the latest tragedy, the Greenside High School's head boy Reza Saloojee drowned in the Vaal Dam while attempting to retrieve a fishing toolbox.
JOHANNESBURG - The Gauteng Department of Education has had its hands full following a number of learner deaths recently.Monday, three Sebokeng siblings - Tshepiso Tsotetsi, Moeketsi Mokhatla and Rethabile Mokhatla - collapsed and died at Evaton Primary SchoolWhile in Tsakane, on the West Rand, a grade 8 learner died after she allegedly consumed rat poison.The GDE has conveyed its condolences to the families of the learners who have lost their lives.
In July, 10 pupils from Rocklands Primary School and one from Laerskool Blyvooruitsig lost their lives in a scholar transport crash.last month on addressing learner deaths, the department said it would take a more “hands-on approach” to ensure pupils' safety. Meanwhile, the parents of one of the learners, who drowned while on a school excursion earlier this year, said the department's plans for using independent law firms to investigate the cause and circumstances leading to the death of their children, is nothing but a knee-jerk response.
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