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Teacher fired after courageous pupil ensured he faced censure for spanking her
By Bongani Nkosi Time of article published 8h ago

A teacher who spanked a Grade 10 learner on her buttocks has been axed, thanks to his victim’s no-nonsense stand that he should face the music for the sexual assault.

Lucky Baloyi, a physical science teacher at Kgomotso Comprehensive High School in Soshanguve, Pretoria, learnt his fate this week.

Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) arbitrator Monde Boyce found Baloyi guilty as charged and ruled that he should be summarily dismissed over the sexual assault that happened in April.

The Gauteng Department of Education had proffered a charge of sexual assault against Baloyi. He spanked the learner’s buttocks at the school’s laboratory.

But had Learner A, as his victim is identified in Boyce’s ruling, listened to the advice of a teacher, Baloyi would have remained untouched.

She reported the sexual abuse to a number of teachers. One of them advised her to write a letter to Baloyi and explain to him that she did not like what he did.

This approach appears to not have made any sense to her and, as Boyce pointed out in the ruling, she “did not write the letter because she felt she was not being taken seriously”.

Said Boyce: “She decided to report the incident to her parents. She was angered by what Mr Baloyi did because she did not expect that he would do such a thing to her as a learner.

“She had also told a fellow learner, Learner C, who had advised her to report the incident …”

Baloyi was accordingly charged after Learner A told her father and her aunt.

She testified before Boyce that Baloyi spanked her buttocks while she was writing her name on a CD in the school laboratory.

It became common cause before Boyce that Baloyi had called Learner A into the laboratory by WhatsApp to help her upload her work onto the CD.

She found him alone in the lab. The pupil testified that she told Baloyi she was going to report him.

Her father and two other learners that she informed about the assault also testified against Baloyi.

Like Learner A, the father, Learner B and Learner C - as they identified in the ruling - told Boyce they had nothing against Baloyi and described him as a good teacher.

For his part, Baloyi sought to create an impression that Learner A was being used against him by the two learners who testified and teachers.

Boyce shot this down: “After having heard evidence, it is my finding that this claim is far-fetched and could simply not be sustained.

“The employee, in supporting the claim that the learner was used, referred to an incident of a class change that happened a year before which supposedly caused the other two learners, in particular leaner C, to be upset with the employee.

“Learner A however did not have knowledge of the same and stated that C never said anything about the incident. Strangely, this version was not put to learner C,” said Boyce.

He concluded that the evidence before him proved Baloyi’s guilt on a balance of probabilities.

“The question that then begs an answer is: Why would the four witnesses called, who appeared to have no serious issues or history of animosity towards the employee, suddenly gang up against him without sufficient cause?

“Is it probable that their version is a mere fabrication? The answer, based on the evidence before me, is an emphatic ’No’,” said Boyce.

He proceeded to find Baloyi guilty and imposed a sanction of summary dismissal.

NOTICE| Registration for the 2022 Senior Certificate examinations is now open and closes on 31 January 2022.

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The world's youngest professor Sorbono Isaac Bari recieves Da Vinci Laureate Award in Johannesburg South Africa.

The 9-year-old received the Da Vinci Laureate: Social Architecture recognition at the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management last week, alongside South African play-write John Kani.

To the youngsters out there,Professor Bari has a message for you.

"We need to look at how our education is filling our students in general. Our education is fundamentally broken, because we do not teach our students the art of being creative, we do not teach our students to be imaginative," shared Sorbono Isaac Bari, the world's youngest Professor during his keynote address in Johannesburg recently.

This follows many more of young Bari's recognitions, which he has been racking up since the age of 5.

In an interview with Parent24, Professor Soborno Isaac Bari shared that it meant a lot for him to be invited by the Da Vinci Institute.

"It means a lot, especially since the Da Vinci Institute is one of the best and most prestigious universities in South Africa.

I am personally so privileged not only to receive the greatest award from such an honourable institution but also to be able to speak to so many curious and wonderful people," says Bari.

He added, "It was also a great privilege to give a keynote address to great hardworking PhDs, some of which have pushed their endeavours longer than I've been alive."

Professor Bari shared that he manages his schedule no matter how busy it gets.

"My day starts with me studying, then taking a break by playing games like basketball or chess and playing the piano with my family, and then sitting down to think and realising that it’s been two hours since I last studied, and then I go back again," Bari told us.

"Sometimes, there are serious deadlines, because I sometimes have work that needs to be finished before a big event, which happened a few days ago with Manish and my trip to South Africa.

Manish is my second book. And so I start pushing all the unnecessary stuff away to make way for the deadlined assignment, and I work hard because that's the only thing that can get you far," he added.

Because he is currently at school, he has to do his homework too and to keep up with everything, Bari says that he stopped preparing for interviews, as that can be unnecessary work.

"However, my old interviews and my new ones still have one thing in common: I have butterflies in my stomach right before them," he says.

Make your dreams come true

When it comes to scheduling, Bari shares two vital tricks:

Have a good sleep schedule
Don't procrastinate when doing deadlined assignments. Get them done as fast as possible.

He also said, "Remember to make your dreams come true. You must work hard for them. You must be imagining them. You must make time for them. If there's one thing that I can say, it's to trust the process."

"Even in the darkest times, when you feel demotivated and are turning away from your dreams if you put effort and imagination into what you do, maybe someone will notice your talent as they did to me.

Remember what Nelson Mandela said: Do not judge me by my successes; judge me by how many times I have fallen down and gotten back up again," added Bari.

"Your strength and your talent is your ability to withstand hate, to keep going, to persevere. When things get tough, always remember two words: work hard," he said.

is impossible this should be a lesson to all who still believe in education impact. Let's encourage our kids to emulate such courageous intellect.

DAY ONE OF THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION A SUCCESS

The Department is satisfied with the way the first day of writing the National Senior Certificate Examination in full swing progressed throughout the Province.

There were no major challenges reported as such the Department wishes to thank everyone who contributed towards this progress.

"The commencement of the examination this morning provides an opportunity to showcase the hard work of every one and our levels of preparedness.

Is it so difficult to answer the Question
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"Briefly tell us about yourself"

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