AMAJUBA PARK – A learner’s school career hangs in the balance after he was allegedly caught with dagga in his possession and accused of peddling drugs on school property.
The 18-year-old learner was found guilty of the transgression on February 24 during a disciplinary hearing at the local high school.
The Head of Department in the Education Department will now decide if he will be expelled.
The child’s parents were notified by a letter, stipulating the tribunal had found him guilty and and recommended he be suspended, pending the possible expulsion.
“This process will take some time and the school will communicate the final decision to you,” it was stated in the letter.
While his fate is yet to be decided, the teenager’s mother is distraught and claimed the school was denying her child the right to an education.
She claimed the problem with her son began when he was allegedly assaulted by the deputy-principal on January 26. The mother claimed she suspected the drugs had been placed in the bag by the deputy principal before the the random search.
She denied any knowledge of these occurrences until her son was referred to SANCA for drug tests.
“He went to the test and the results came back negative, saying he’s clean and drug free.”
The mother was upset because she had not been allowed to attend the disciplinary hearing.
“I was not invited to attend that disciplinary hearing and I had only got a letter on 27 February that my child was suspended while waiting for expulsion letter,”she said.
She claimed she had also received no communication prior to the disciplinary hearing that her son was troublesome and thought this was done to protect the deputy prinicipal.
As the Department of Education was investigating the matter, the principal of the school didn’t comment.
“We cannot comment at this time, but the learner is back in class as his suspension has since come to an end.”
The learner was also allowed to write his examinations.
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