THE Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) conducted a preliminary investigation on the matter concerning a recent social media post by Curro.
Members of the public condemned Curro for posting photos of pupils' career day event where a black child posed as a cashier and white children as doctors and other professions.
According to the department's findings, the pupils in the photos were from a Curro school in the Western Cape.
“They went on an excursion to an activity centre where they interacted within various career contexts using career-specific apparatus. In this activity centre, most children had to exchange roles to experience different careers, and photos were taken of them interacting within those career roles.
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"One child could have gone through three to four roles by the end of the day. There is pictorial evidence of different children playing different roles,” the department said.
The GDE acknowledged that while the photos were initially shared internally within the school without issue, the selective posting on social media led to public outcry.
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said they're satisfied that Curro takes social cohesion seriously.
“Their footprint in Gauteng’s education system is significant, hence we will always intervene in matters that involve racial discrimination at schools,” he said.
Meanwhile, when Daily Sun asked Sadtu general secretary Mugwena Maluleke how racist incidents affect pupils and teachers, he said racism is destructive because it affects teachers and pupils emotionally and psychologically.
“It has a long-term damage to those affected because they may start questioning their worth as human beings or succumbing to racism and become silent victims” he said.
Maluleke said such behaviour undermines the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
