The classroom by its very nature is supposed to be an environment of nurturing and education; therefore, rendering it one of the safest place we can imagine for children to be reared to adulthood and educated for a better future for all.

But the South African schooling environment has often proved to be anything but safe for pupils, with countless stories making it into headline news as the ills of our society have almost inevitably made it into what should be a sacrosanct space...