ACTS of sexual harassment are increasing in schools and the Gauteng Department of Education is worried.
It condemned the incident at Ponelopele Oracle Secondary School in Kaalfontein, Midrand, in which girls were harassed at the school last week.
Spokesman Steve Mabona said a grade 10 boy allegedly sexually harassed two grade 8 girls after school on Tuesday and Wednesday.
He said these incidents were only reported to the principal on Thursday, 8 September.
“The school called in the parents of the victims and the perpetrator to inform them of the incidents,” he said.
However, it didn’t end there as on Friday, another parent of a grade 8 girl reported a case of sexual harassment at the school.
Mabona told Daily Sun that psycho-social support has been provided to the victims and their parents.
“Disciplinary hearings have been scheduled and police are investigating the allegations,” he said.
Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said any pupil or employee who’s reported to have sexually harassed anyone on the school premises will face disciplinary action and can be removed from school.
“We urge victims or witnesses to report such cases so that they can be dealt with,” said Lesufi.
Daily Sun spoke to a parent (41), who said her daughter is scared to go back to school because the harassment has been a recurring thing.
She said she hoped police would get involved.
