DA’s oversight visit to Glenvista High School

The DA shadow MEC for Education, Khume Ramulifho, along with the DA Gauteng spokesperson for Education, Sergio Dos Santos, visited Glenvista High School on February 7 after many complaints were received about the bullying and ill-discipline at the school.

Charity Moyo, Gauteng Province Legislature media manager, said, “Since the start of the 2022 school year, the school has been facing serious challenges of ill-discipline, fighting and bullying. Some learners have been undergoing disciplinary hearings for bullying the Grade Eight learners after forcing them to do push-ups.

“A video of this bullying incident went viral on social media. In another incident, former learners were allowed onto the school premises where they assaulted a learner, as well as two other learners and two teachers who tried to stop the assault. A case of assault and trespassing was opened at Mondeor Police Station.”

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During the visit, Ramulifho and Dos Santos were shocked when they saw several learners kicking, screaming hysterically and crying during a prayer session held at the school.

There have been many allegations of demon possession at the school in the last few weeks.

A meeting was called between the school management and district director Vincent Ndlovu to try to resolve the issues at the school.

The parents of the learners that were allegedly possessed by demons were called and requested to come pick up their children.

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Moyo added, “The school governing body (SGB) has been delaying the process of building four additional classrooms at the school to reduce overcrowding in the classrooms despite the funds for the new classrooms being transferred to the school account. Parents of learners have expressed their concerns about the continuous disruption of learning and teaching.

“The DA believes that bullying and violence have no place at our schools, which are meant to be safe places for all learners. We also call on the MEC to ensure that all these issues are addressed without delay to allow the learners to get the best possible education. We will continue to monitor the MEC’s intervention to ensure that schooling continues at Glenvista High School without any further disruptions.”

The MEC for Education in Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, later visited the school to follow up on the allegations of the disruptions going on at the school.

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Lesufi asked the school what was needed for the current situation at the school to be resolved.

The DA has requested that Lesufi makes it his priority to ensure that the school doesn’t have any more interruption.

The CHRONICLE also requested comment from Glenvista High School as well as the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) but no comment has been received by either before the publication of this article.

The CHRONICLE also received a meeting request from Joseph Mathebula stating: “We, the Glenvista High School management, wish to invite you for a meeting at your soonest convenient time. We aim to address some of the matters that are happening on the school premises that had been reported with you.”

The CHRONICLE gave a convenient date for the meeting but had no further feedback from Mathebula.

The CHRONICLE will publish comment as soon as it receives it.

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