Eldorado Park learner stabbed with government officials present
Community Safety oversight committee member says that the stabbing at an Eldorado school is not an isolated incident.
The Gauteng Legislature Portfolio Committee on Community Safety and the Education Committee paid an unannounced visit to Eldorado Park Secondary School on Tuesday. In a twisted coincidence, a learner was stabbed at the school.
UNANNOUNCED VISIT IN ELDORADO TURNS UGLY
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The joint oversight visit was part of the Committees’ Focus Intervention Study (FIS) on assessing the effectiveness of school safety interventions in fighting violence and crime in schools.
The learner was allegedly stabbed by an intruder, who fled the scene after the incident, during which the school principal and management were in a meeting with the provincial government officials.
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“Shocking incidents like these cannot be left unattended as they are not isolated cases and need urgent interventions by government and civil society. It is for this reason that the Committees will table their findings and recommendations during a House Sitting and compel the Department of Education to act,” says committee chairperson Bandile Masuku.
SCHOOL CONFISCATE WEAPONS
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Masuku added that the stabbing highlights the scourge of violence and criminality that exists in some Gauteng schools.
During the visit, Committee members were shown multiple knives that were confiscated from learners. They also learned about a learner who brought a gun to school the previous day.
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