YOUR SON WAS SELLING DRUGS AT SCHOOL – ST MARK’S HIGH

MBABANE – One of the 11 St Mark’s High School pupils who were found in possession of dagga is reported to have been dealing in drugs and also drugged unsuspecting learners.

 According to the acting chairperson of the school, Nokuthula Mkhwanazi, the pupil would sell marijuana-laced chips to the unsuspecting learners.
This is the same pupil whose parent had taken the school to court where she (parent) is among other things seeking an order compelling the head teacher of the school to admit him to Form II.
The school allegedly refused her son, who was also implicated, to proceed to Form II despite having obtained 60 per cent aggregate. As part of their punishment, the implicated pupils were ordered to attain 70 per cent pass mark in the event they wanted to proceed to the next class.

The school’s regulated passing mark is 49 per cent.
In her answering affidavit, the acting chairperson also denied that as a form of punishment the pupils were made to dig a hole.
She instead informed the court that the punishment was one hour’s manual labour for one week, which comprised cleaning debris of a felled tree.

Mkhwanazi further claimed that the punishment that was meted out to the pupil whose mother  had now taken the school to court was less severe than the one stipulated in the school’s rules and regulations. 
She argued that the punishment was not discriminatory because all the implicated pupils received the same chastisement.

The acting chairperson disputed that the applicant’s (parent who has taken the school to court) son was treated unfairly and in a discriminatory manner.
“I consider it prudent to bring to the attention of this court that St. Mark’s High School had a gruelling history of having to contend with pupils who deal and/or use drugs because of its proximity to the Coronation Park where drugs are easily accessible, bringing a high propensity to traffic them into the school,” submitted Mkhwanazi.

She told the court that it took strict measures which were currently in place to control the problem.
The acting chairman said for these reasons the school strongly forbade possession and/or use of drugs.

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