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Mafikeng High School has expelled a teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old school boy, the school’s governing body (SGB) said on Friday.

“The governing body... resolved to concur with the recommendation of the disciplinary panel that the 37-year-old female educator be summarily dismissed,” said chairman Lesiba Moses Kgwele.

He said the teacher, who was married, was charged with involvement in an improper relationship with a pupil, and failed to disclose the progression of the relationship from a professional to a deeper personal level to the principal and/or parents of the learner.

The teacher was called for a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday, but submitted a resignation letter dated December 10, five days after she had received a notice to appear at a disciplinary hearing.

“The SGB rejected her resignation letter that she had submitted to the school management,” he said.

“In our view, the resignation letter was an attempt to avoid disciplinary action, as it ignored the one-month notice period that educators employed by the SGB have to serve in terms of their employment contract.” 

Kgwele said the SGB held a strong view that any reasonable person would have welcomed the opportunity to clear their name instead of resigning after a disciplinary process had been initiated.

He said the mother of the boy lodged a complaint on October 20, after she found disturbing information on her son’s cellphone.

“We had agreed with the parent to hold back disciplinary proceedings so that they did not affect the learner’s performance in the exams and marking of exam scripts by the said educator.” 

Kgwele said the audio-visual material that the parent discovered on the cellphone of the pupil was sufficient for them to arrive at the verdict of guilty and to dismiss the teacher.

“We are confident that, together with the parent, we have acted in the best interest of the learner, as he has managed to pass Grade 10 and will be proceeding to Grade 11 next year.”

Kgwele appealed to parents to take interest in what was stored on their children’s cellphones and with whom they were chatting on social network platforms such as Facebook and Mxit.

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Dec 14, 2012

motlantheforpresident

Eish Yeah a 37 Years female maried teacher? Hei bathong
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Dec 14, 2012

Mudidi

This teacher must come to me i am 33 come on a 16 year old shooo she was horny neh picture please
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Dec 14, 2012

Honeybadger

How come them male teachers who are on a crusade to impregnate as many schools girls as they care are not dealt the same punishment?
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Dec 14, 2012

Mokwepa

how on earth?
and i know her
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Dec 14, 2012

GODESS

them Ben10's are nice to have mara 16 years? aowa hle morutishigadi, ke gore letoto ne le mo otla strong.
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Dec 14, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

Eish, ya ne

@Honeybadger
So true, male teachers are protected.
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Dec 14, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

Married woman's leg size Mokwepa's.
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Dec 14, 2012

MAWARAWARA

@Mokwepa
how on earth?
and i know her
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ahhh onalemaka wena Mokwena haaayi
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Dec 14, 2012

CYBORICO

@honeybudger
the difference is that here they have evidense other than what the boy says, a prima face case , where as in the male teacher's circusmatnces they need to wait for partenity tests and maybe witnesses, otherwise their case is likely to be depend on the student and the teacher's testimony which is something prosecutors hate.
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Dec 14, 2012

Nastradamas

damn ! i wish i was that learner
in highschool i had a crush on my biology teacher and she told me how young i was then

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