Primary and secondary schools, daycare facilities, special needs schools and tertiary institutions have become a ground for rapists and criminals.💔 Full story here ➡️
Schools are rapidly becoming a haven for teachers to molest pupils, with the number of cases rising sharply from 92 in 2019-20, to 169 in 2020- 21, and 191 in 2021-22, according to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. These are only the cases reported, however, and the number could be far higher, social worker Dr Ilna Kruger says.
The Democratic Alliance is concerned that, of the 191 cases of sexual misconduct reported to the South African Council for Educators in 2021-22, only 23 disciplinary proceedings were instituted and only four teachers were struck off the roll.The DA’s shadow deputy minister of basic education Desiree van der Walt said the number of cases of sexual misconduct reported to the Sace had risen dramatically from 2019-20 to 2020-21.
“One of the biggest obstacles to finding solutions to the problem is many sexual violence cases are not reported, but if perpetrators go unpunished and can continue to abuse pupils with impunity, why would anyone risk speaking out? “What does that mean for that pupil and others who have been abused? It means irreparable, preventable harm. It means that a rapist who has been shown beyond reason-able doubt to sexually abuse pupils in the school environment is allowed to return to that exact environment and is given the opportunity to commit exactly the same crime against exactly the same vulnerable group.
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