GroundUp reports that parents of learners at Tshikota Seconday School in Limpopo shut down the school on Tuesday calling for the firing of four teachers whom they accused of not teaching their children.  

They also accused the school of failing to give learners reports for the last term.  The school was re-opened on Wednesday.  Parents said the teachers sat in the staff room and only visited classes to give tests.  Parents who spoke to Groundup complained about the History, Geography, Maths and Life Science teachers.  “We decided to close the school until the teachers are replaced.  We do not want to see those subject teachers at our school again,” said Mabobo Patrick Ndwamato, chairperson of the School Governing Board (SGB).  The SGB held a meeting with the Education Sector Manager on Tuesday and agreed that the concerned teachers would report to the manager’s office while the matter was being looked into.  After the chairperson of the SGB addressed the parents and learners, teachers, except for the four concerned, were allowed into the school yard.

• Read the full original of Bernard Chiguvare’s report on this story at GroundUp

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