Question NW1037 to the Minister of Basic Education
23 May 2017 - NW1037
Rabotapi, Mr MW to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(a) How many cases of school staff members who were found to be administering corporal punishment in each school district have been reported to (i) her department and (ii) the SA Council of Educators in the (aa) 2014, (bb) 2015 and (cc) 2016 academic years, (b) how many of these cases resulted in disciplinary action and (c) what was the nature of the disciplinary action in each case?
Reply:
- My Department has no records of school staff members who were found to be administering corporal punishment in each school and/ or district. This is more relevant to provincial administration duties. Therefore, the question was referred to the PEDs for response. Out of nine (9) PEDs only two (2) have responded as indicated in the below table. The information will be updated as and when the responses are received from the PEDs.
- The Department of Basic Education cannot confirm if matters were reported to the SACE as the SACE is independent from the Department. However, the question was also referred to the SACE for response.
SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS FOUND TO BE ADMINISTERING CORPORAL PUNISHMENT | TOTAL | ||||||
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||
REPORTED IN THE PED | REPORTED TO SACE | REPORTED IN THE PED | REPORTED TO SACE | REPORTED IN THE PED | REPORTED TO SACE | ||
WC | 352 | 430 | 501 | 1 283 | |||
NW | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
GP | |||||||
FS | |||||||
NC | |||||||
KZN | |||||||
MPU | |||||||
EC | |||||||
LP | |||||||
TOTAL | 353 | 434 | 508 | 1 295 |
PROVINCE | No. OF CASES RESULTED IN DISCIPLINARY ACTION | |||
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | TOTAL | |
WC | 160 | 204 | 222 | 586 |
NW | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
GP | ||||
FS | ||||
NC | ||||
KZN | ||||
MPU | ||||
EC | ||||
LP | ||||
TOTAL | 167 | 207 | 229 | 597 |
- Sanctions ranged from final written warning coupled with a fine not exceeding one month salary or suspension without pay for a period not exceeding three months to dismissal in more serious cases.