Students on these trips sleep in classrooms, which in most cases are not locked. What do we have to say about the safety of students? We already know we have criminals who are always looking for an opportunity to strike. According to a report carried by Mmegi last week, the student who was raped is only 12 years old. The students were attending a Mathematics and Science fair, which clearly shows the young girl, is a top achiever.
Not too long ago, there was an outcry that the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) should take students’ safety seriously after the tragic accident, which took the lives of seven students of Matsha Senior Secondary, wounding many others. Politicians and the civic society pleaded with the ministry to stop using trucks as a mode of transport for students, and now another safety issue arises, where a student was raped while on a school trip. The parents when releasing their child trusted that she would would be safe; but to their dismay the child became a victim of rape. Whose responsibility is it to protect these children when they are on trips, teachers?
