THE South African Council of Educators says the number of teachers suspended and fired from their work for having sex with female pupils increased last year
SACE said yesterday more teachers would be fired for sex related offences before the end of April this year.
A report by the council says between April 1 2008 and March 31 2009, a total of 35 cases of sexual offences by teachers from the nine provinces were reported and 33 of these cases were finalised.
"Just after April the number of teachers having sex with schoolchildren increased to 46 and reached 81 before the end of December last year," the council said yesterday.
SACE national spokesperson Temba Ndhlovu said the majority of the reported cases were from KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Gauteng, Free State and Mpumalanga.
He said very few or no cases at all were reported from Limpopo, North West, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.
Ndhlovu appealed to provinces to report sexual offences by teachers and principals.
He said most of the reported cases concerned teachers having sexual relations with female pupils who were still at school and teachers having sex with female pupils on the school premises.
Ndhlovu said in some cases teachers were found having sex with pupils in the classrooms, libraries, behind the classrooms or in the school gardens.
"What teachers are not aware of is that the South African Council of Educators Act stipulates that teachers are supposed to be parents and pupils should be called children," Ndhlovu said.
"It doesn't matter whether the pupil is enrolled in a different school or whether the affair started outside school."
"It is also immaterial whether the pupil is below 18 years of age or over. As long as she is a pupil, she still remains a child," he said.
Ndhlovu said a study by SACE showed that most of the pupils who had fallen prey to the teachers were children from poor backgrounds, or who had been orphaned or came from child-headed families.
"The worst part is that most parents from such families usually accept bribes from these teachers when the pupils are pregnant." Ndhlovu said.
"It is unspeakable to see parents selling the souls and future of their children for R2,000 or less from the teachers," he said.
MEC for education in Limpopo Namane Masemola said that teachers were supposed to be the pupils' second parents and not their sexual partners.
Teachers fired for sex with pupils increases
THE South African Council of Educators says the number of teachers suspended and fired from their work for having sex with female pupils increased last year
SACE said yesterday more teachers would be fired for sex related offences before the end of April this year.
A report by the council says between April 1 2008 and March 31 2009, a total of 35 cases of sexual offences by teachers from the nine provinces were reported and 33 of these cases were finalised.
"Just after April the number of teachers having sex with schoolchildren increased to 46 and reached 81 before the end of December last year," the council said yesterday.
SACE national spokesperson Temba Ndhlovu said the majority of the reported cases were from KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Gauteng, Free State and Mpumalanga.
He said very few or no cases at all were reported from Limpopo, North West, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.
Ndhlovu appealed to provinces to report sexual offences by teachers and principals.
He said most of the reported cases concerned teachers having sexual relations with female pupils who were still at school and teachers having sex with female pupils on the school premises.
Ndhlovu said in some cases teachers were found having sex with pupils in the classrooms, libraries, behind the classrooms or in the school gardens.
"What teachers are not aware of is that the South African Council of Educators Act stipulates that teachers are supposed to be parents and pupils should be called children," Ndhlovu said.
"It doesn't matter whether the pupil is enrolled in a different school or whether the affair started outside school."
"It is also immaterial whether the pupil is below 18 years of age or over. As long as she is a pupil, she still remains a child," he said.
Ndhlovu said a study by SACE showed that most of the pupils who had fallen prey to the teachers were children from poor backgrounds, or who had been orphaned or came from child-headed families.
"The worst part is that most parents from such families usually accept bribes from these teachers when the pupils are pregnant." Ndhlovu said.
"It is unspeakable to see parents selling the souls and future of their children for R2,000 or less from the teachers," he said.
MEC for education in Limpopo Namane Masemola said that teachers were supposed to be the pupils' second parents and not their sexual partners.
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