A video of students smoking weed at school has gone viral.
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@MmusiMaimane
Are parents or the school to blame for students smoking weed viral video?
Should parents take the wrap for a group of unruly students caught smoking weed in a viral video, or is the school and MEC to blame?
A video of students smoking weed at school has gone viral.
Image via Twitter
@MmusiMaimane
A video of a large group of Leondale learners smoking weed on their school premises have elicited a strong reaction from South Africans.
The Gauteng high school students went viral after the video was shared on social media. In it, students are seen laughing, joking and smoking away, all whilst dressed in full uniform.
According to the Gauteng department of education, all 36 students seen in the video have been suspended. The disciplinary hearing of the group of learners will be held on Monday.
But the question still remains and is up for discussion: who should really be held accountable for the embarrassing and downright disrespectful behaviour of the students?
MMUSI MAIMANE SLAMS MINISTER OF EDUCATION FOR WEED IN SCHOOL VIDEO
One Movement South Africa (OSA) leader Mmusi Maimane was one of the first to react to the video. Taking to Twitter, Mmusi took aim at the big boss, Minister of Education Angie Motshegka.
Reposting the video of the minors smoking weed, he tweeted: “Fire this minister of basic education immediately. How have we reached this level of behavior in our schools”.
He added in a series of tweets: “There is a crisis in our education system”
“The ANC does not care about education. Here is the solid truth about jobs! The jobs of the future require more education not less. The skills gaps we have in hard skills and soft skills require more education. If we fail to fix our schools. We fail SA”
“We do not pay our teachers enough”
“Our schools are falling apart. How is this normal?”
Mmusi then highlighted how his partner proposed to “rescue” SA’s educational system.
He added: “I have a comprehensive and practical plan that will turn our system around in less than five years”.
ARE PARENTS OR TEACHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNRULY STUDENTS?
A number of Twitter users agreed with Mmusi that teachers and even the minister were accountable for the video of the school learners smoking weed.
@SihleWasembo: “Where is the school principal? We should start there. Where are the teachers, Where are the district inspectors? Where is the MEC, where is the school governing body?”
@thebush123: “This they must do at their homes, not on public institution premises. Principal, SGB must call the police on all pupils bringing and taking drugs while on school premises. If this doesn’t happen, the education MEC and the minister have failed”
@DougChigudu: “The minister has to take policy interventions to cabinet for policies to solve the problem. This is a national problem arising from a lack of tools to discipline kids in school. It requires urgent ministerial intervention at policy level”
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Mmusi defended his words to one tweep, adding: “The buck stops with the leader of the department. Let’s not act like lack of discipline in schools is new. Let’s not act like schools have not had stabbings, bullying and teacher abuse for years.
“This is an example of what happens across the system. It’s a systemic issue”.
Others, however, claimed that the minister was not directly to blame.
@ElijahMhlanga: “Behaviour is taught at home. Schools don’t teach this kind of behaviour. Imagine firing a minister because children misbehaved. The parents must take responsibility.
@Makheshakheshy: “You can’t blame teachers but parents at home, teachers are not allowed to discipline learners so?”
@Thekelo_: “Because it is allowed in HOMES Ntate Moruti, School is not a place to rehabilitate or instil discipline. Why should a Minister get right what Parents are getting wrong at HOME? THE FAMILY IS THE FACTORY WHERE PEOPLE ARE MADE. We need to uproot the problem not but branches”.
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