Parents making life hard for teachers by giving kids 'too much freedom', says principal
told City Press that children who were still at high school had no business living alone and should be under the care and guidance of their parents at home.Discipline is an essential factor for Mfecane in the education space and she said that children who were not yet old enough to make important decisions lacked the will to maintain a consistent study routine if they were living alone, with no supervision.
"What was worse was that some parents did not even know where their children were renting, as they had never been there to visit them."was not only bad for pupils academically but could also be physically dangerous. Last year, there had been a rape incident involving two pupils in Grade 12, who were sharing a rented space close to the school. The incident followed a birthday party organised by them.
The matric results at Attwell, which has a problem with overcrowding, have gone down from an average of 76% in 2021 to 72% in 2022 and 70% in 2023.We’re spiralling downwards. I’m not happy. I wanted to achieve at least 80% this year, but the situation with amagxamesi is killing us; I’m not lying.
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