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Government school gives teacher accused of racism a new job

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education90Sunday World reports that a teacher who resigned from a Curro Academy school in Soweto after being exposed for calling black pupils monkeys has been employed in a Gauteng government school.

In February the teacher, Tayabah Jadwat, allegedly used a racially derogatory term by calling three black pupils monkeys during class because they had made noise. She was then suspended, but resigned after she was advised, allegedly by the school’s head Johannes Mahlatsi, to quit or be fired for the alleged racial slur. Jadwat is now employed at the Lenasia Secondary School, a public school which falls under the Gauteng department of education. Concerned parents at the school in Lenasia, south of Joburg, have raise the alarm about her employment at the school. One parent said the school governing body (SGB) needed to explain and added: “We are not going to let this slide. The SGB and the school need to give us answers regarding her employment. We are not going to have our kids taught by a person who called black learners monkeys.” SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) general secretary Mugwena Maluleke said racism was “a serious offence and no school should undermine the seriousness of the crime”. The Gauteng department of education distanced itself from Jadwat’s appointment. “The Gauteng department of education can confirm that the said educator is not permanently employed by the department, but the SGB since 3 April 2024,” said spokesperson Steve Mabona. SA Council of Educators (SACE) spokesperson Risuna Nkuna indicated: “All teachers are employed by the Department of Basic Education through a recruitment process. SACE does not have the jurisdiction to employ teachers.”

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Bongani Mdakane at Sunday World


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