Question NW1324 to the Minister of Basic Education
13 June 2017 - NW1324
Stander, Ms T to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With reference to the article titled SACE takes education forward through ethics, upgrades, that appeared in the Western Cape edition of The New Age newspaper on 3 April 2017, how many of the 593 complaints that the SA Council of Educators reported as having received in the 2015-16 financial year were cases of (a) sexual misconduct, (b) physical assault and (c) corporal punishment?
Reply:
SACE RESPONSE:
a) 2015/16-sexual misconduct 84
b and c) 2015/16-physical assault and corporal punishment 280
The South African Council of Educators (SACE) does not differentiate between physical assault and corporal punishment.