Teachers say student leader makes them ‘scared for their safety’
The KwaZulu-Natal Education Department and the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of SA (Naptosa) have locked horns as race tensions at the George Campbell School of Technology in Durban rage on. Classes were disrupted on Tuesday when staff refused to leave a staff room over what the union described as "safety concerns". They want one of the student leaders suspended‚ saying that he makes them fear for their safety. This follows days of protest action‚ organised by learners‚ over alleged "systemic racism" at the school. Student leaders alleged that teachers had regularly called black learners monkeys and other offensive terms. Two members of staff have been suspended pending the outcome of a departmental investigation. Naptosa spokesperson Therona Moodley said the union had been summoned to the school by their members. "Our members are not willing to put their lives at risk and they have been manhandled by this learner. They want him removed and placed elsewhere‚" she said...
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