The South African Council for Educators (SACE) said 765
complaints were received against educators in South Africa with the Western
Cape accountable for 200 of them.
According
to Ella Mokgalane SACE chief executive when she presented its almanac 2018/2019
report to parliament’s portfolio committee on basic education. With the
highest incident happened in the Western Cape was corporal punishment and
assault category of unprofessional conduct with 173 cases, followed by inappropriate
conduct. She said 636 files were opened against educators with some educators
accused of more than one misbehaviour. Most cases were committed because
educators spent a lot of time with pupils, even for afternoon classes. These
acts were committed by mathematics and sciences.
The committee also received a briefing from the Council for
Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi). Bongiwe
Mbinqo-Gigaba committee chairperson lauded Umalusi for highlighting challenges faced,
raising it with the Basic Education Department and monitoring that the
identified weaknesses were brought to the attention of national department.
The committee heard that the Umalusi verification of the state
of readiness for the department was conducted from September 11 and completed
on October 1, and that 629 197 full-time candidates were registered as at
September 30 and 122 471 part-time candidates. Umalusi was further satisfied
that the department, through the nine provincial education departments,
considering the level of readiness, are ready to conduct the 2019 NSC exams.
By: Ellousie Muller
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