- A KwaZulu-Natal pupil has torched his performing deputy principal’s automobile after his cellphone was confiscated, in response to the training division.
- Videos went viral on Wednesday afternoon, displaying the automobile on fireplace whereas college employees tried to douse the flames.
- The automobile was badly broken, however nobody was injured.
The Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal has vowed to behave decisively after a pupil torched his performing deputy principal’s automobile after his cellphone was confiscated.
Chaos erupted after a Grade 10 pupil at Northbury Park Secondary School in Northdale, Pietermaritzburg, allegedly took revenge on the senior college official on Wednesday.
Education division spokesperson Kwazi Mthethwa mentioned the district director would deal with the matter on Thursday morning.
“We are absolutely shocked and disappointed by what has happened. From what we know, the pupil threw petrol on the car and set it alight.”
While fireplace extinguishers had been used to place out the hearth, the automobile was nonetheless badly broken, Mthethwa added.
He mentioned that earlier on Wednesday morning, the deputy principal reprimanded the identical pupil for having a cellphone with him, which violated the varsity coverage.
He mentioned:
His cellphone was confiscated and put in a protected place.
The division condemned the act.
While the varsity was closed on Thursday, preparations had been made for Grade 12 exams to proceed as regular, Mthethwa added.
This will not be the primary incident of pupils resorting to violence to protest this month.
Last Thursday, pupils at Ndengetho High School in KwaNdengezi, additionally in KwaZulu-Natal, torched their college after a police search and seizure operation netted cellphones, weapons, and medicines. Around 400 cellphones had been confiscated within the raid.
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Pupils turned on instructing employees shortly after the police left the varsity, torching school rooms and unleashing chaos on the premises.
Police are investigating a case of malicious injury to property following the violence.
Mthethwa mentioned the police and the training division typically labored collectively to make sure security at faculties.
