POLOKWANE – The Dennilton Station Communication Officer, Sergeant Selala accompanied by Warrant Officer Ntuli and Sergeant Masombuka have yesterday, 19 February 2020 visited Reitumentse Secondary School at Kgapamadi Village under the Dennilton Policing area.

The School visit was prompted by allegations that the Grade 11 learners are refusing to attend classes, they want to be promoted to Grade 12 after they were found incompetent the previous year 2019 on Grade 11 results. It was reported that some learners were disrupting classes of learners who were ready to repeat Grade 11 class.

The Police motivated learners who were 133 in different classes to accept their results and attend classes. The issue of disrupting classes was strongly condemned.

The learners were strongly warned about the fact that if they continue with disruption of classes, they will be dealt with harshly by the law and that they do not have the right to infringe on other learners’ rights to Education.

The following issues were also addressed:

Discipline

Punctuality

Respect

School vandalism

Peer pressure

Bullying

Gangsterism

Learners were encouraged to take their studies very seriously and ask for help in order to achieve good results at the end of the year.

Source: South African Police Service