Students Mark Five Teachers For Death
Monday, May 25, 2015
Bokamoso Junior School PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The five names of the teachers marked for death are written on the entrance of the boys’ public toilets and the late teacher’s name has already been crossed out, an incident that has left both students and teachers at the school horrified. On Saturday the school called a meeting with parents where the issue cropped up.
The leadership has also acted by reporting the unusual incident to the nearby Urban Police station to come and investigate who could be behind the hit list, after attempts by the school to do so hit a blank, after some teachers apparently expressed fear of being added into the hit list.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...