Girl, 10, allegedly sexually assaulted at school
A female pupil was allegedly sexually assaulted by a boy, who was apparently wielding a screwdriver, at a school in Rabie Ridge, near Midrand.
The alleged incident took place in one of the girls’ toilets, which pupils were cleaning as a form of punishment earlier this month.
The 10-year-old victim’s mother, whose name cannot be disclosed to protect the child, told Midrand Reporter she knew something was wrong when her daughter refused to attend school and asked to go and live with her father.
When she went to inquire at the school if something had happened to her child, she was told by other pupils her child had been sexually assualted.
“I suspect my child is not the first to be sexually harassed by this boy. Other girls at the school have told me that boys go into the girls’ toilet, and teachers do not intervene,” the mother said.
She also claimed a member of the school’s governing body prevented her from speaking to the school’s principal and downplayed the issue.
“They told me there was no sexual harassment, as the young girls willingly allow boys to touch their private parts,” she said. “As a mother, I am appalled, and refuse to believe that. I am taking my child out of that school.”
Rabie Ridge police spokesperson Constable Jacob Mhlongo said the 10-year-old girl was receiving counselling and had been checked by a doctor.
“An inquest docket has been opened, and police will look into the doctor’s findings and make them public once all counselling processes have been completed,” Mhlongo said.
– Caxton News Service
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