Parents tear-gassed at Seepapitso

It was chaos at Seepapitso Senior Secondary School in Kanye yesterday as police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at students and parents attending a meeting at the school, Mmegi is informed.

It is reported that trouble started when the school authorities explanation on how the backlog in the syllabus that piled up during the civil service strike failed to pass muster.

A parent who attended the meeting said they were told by the school authorities about the refusal by teachers to cover topics that were supposed to have been taught during the strike and government's strategies like the new educational television programme to give remedial lessons.

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