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Parliamentary committee concerned about school deaths

───   14:00 Sun, 19 Jan 2020

Parliamentary committee concerned about school deaths | News Article
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The Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture has expressed its concern over the high number of incidents of tragic deaths of learners around the country.


In the latest incident that has shocked the country, 13-year-old Parktown Boys High School pupil, Enoch Mpianzi, drowned during a Grade 8 orientation camp.

Mpianzi’s body was found on Friday in the Crocodile River near the premises of Nyati River and Bush Lodge where 200 grade 8 pupils from the high school were camping.

The committee has sent its condolences to Enoch Mpianzi's loved ones after the child’s drowning.

In another incident last week, 13-year-old Keamohetswe Seboko, a pupil at a primary school in Magaliesburg, drowned in the school's swimming pool.

The committee has called on the Basic Education Department, school principals and teachers - to ensure all safety measures are strengthened - especially during after-school activities.

The committee says these measures can't be compromised.

It has also called on the department to focus its attention on violence at schools following the stabbing of a grade 9 pupil at John Ramsey High School in Bishop Lavis in Cape Town.

According to the Western Cape Education Department, three suspects jumped over the school's fence and allegedly stabbed the boy in the head during the second break.
He survived the attack.


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