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The teacher was teaching provocative language and allegedly told learners that they must not be hurt when the ‘k-word’ is used on them.
An 82-year-old Grade 8 substitute educator at Crawford International Pretoria College who was seen to be promoting racism in a classroom on a video recorded by learners, which has since went viral has been dismissed.
On Monday, a video footage taken by learners in class showed the educator writing racism remarks on a whiteboard.
The footage surfaced on social media later that afternoon and the teacher was dismissed by the school that same evening.
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has supported the dismissal of the teacher and said her actions are vehemently unacceptable and have undeniable racist undertones which will not be tolerated in any aspect of our education sector.
“The Department visited the school on Wednesday, to ascertain further details surrounding the incident. The educator was teaching provocative language and allegedly told learners that they must not be hurt when the ‘k-word’ is used on them because they were not affected by apartheid,” he explained.
MEC Chiloane revealed that the teacher will also be reported to the South African Council for Educators (SACE) for necessary investigation and deregistration so that “she is not allowed to teach our children any further”.
He added; “It is encouraging that the school has begun providing counselling to the learners affected by this incident. The school also undertook to review their recruitment measures to avoid enlisting candidates who may potentially threaten the delivery of quality education and learning.
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“It is distasteful to see individuals who we have entrusted the education of our children with use that valuable time to push their own villainous agendas and poison the minds of our learners.
“We condemn, in the strongest sense, the behaviour of this educator and any others who may want to behave in such an unpalatable manner. We applaud the school for taking a swift decision in removing this educator immediately and being keen to take further remedial steps of action alongside the Department”.
