TimesLive reports that a Johannesburg primary school teacher has been dismissed after admitting to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old pupil during private maths lessons.

The former teacher from EP Baumann Primary School in Johannesburg was dismissed following a ruling by the Education Labour Relations Council last week. The award came after the teacher's guilty plea in which he admitted to repeatedly fondling a male pupil, from another school, whom he was tutoring in maths last year. In her analysis of mitigating and aggravating factors, commissioner Mmamahlola Gloria Rabyanyana indicated: “The objective is to protect and safeguard the future and dignity of young learners. [The teacher] had committed the offences on four separate occasions with no intention of refraining from same, until the victim reported the incidents. The victim's pushing of his hand away from the private parts failed to deter him from repeating the act. It was not an isolated incident but a habit. In my view, [the teacher] is a habitual offender. I find him unsuitable to work with children.” The teacher was found guilty of sexually assaulting a pupil and dismissed. His name will be entered in part B of the National Child Protection Register.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Orrin Singh at TimesLive

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