Education
23.2.2019 06:25 am
Teacher suspended for locking Grade 1 child in strongroom overnight
The teacher apparently forgot to release the child from the school’s strongroom on Wednesday afternoon before going home.
A Grade 1 pupil spent the night inside a strongroom at a primary school in Emalahleni (formerly Witbank), Mpumalanga. He was only discovered the following morning by the school principal who opened the room looking for a file.
Teacher suspended for locking Grade 1 child in strongroom overnight
The teacher apparently forgot to release the child from the school’s strongroom on Wednesday afternoon before going home.
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