TEACHERS FOR DRINK-DRIVING WILL NOT BE FIRED

PIGG’S PEAK – Teachers should not be afraid of being fired if arrested for drink-driving.

This is because though the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) is empowered to fire teachers who are found guilty of criminal offences, drink-driving teachers will not be fired.

Under normal circumstances, a teacher charged with a criminal offence where he or she is likely to receive a sentence of more than three months or E100 fine, should be suspended then dismissed when convicted.

This is according to the regulations contained in the Teaching Service Act of 1982.
However, despite that drink-driving is one of the offences in this category; teachers convicted of this offence will be pleased to know that they will not be fired.  

This was revealed to teachers who attended a team-building workshop held at Herefords High School yesterday.
The team-building was attended by Lugongodlwane, Mdlawini, Herefords Primary and Herefords High School teachers.

Addressing the teachers, TSC Executive Secretary Mduduzi Nkambule, who was responding to questions said drink-drivers were normally not dismissed or suspended for the offence.

Following a presentation by TSC Legal Advisor Lungile Mamba on the  Teaching Service Act of 1982, Nkambule was asked if there were any drink-drivers who had been dismissed as per the regulation in the Act.

Nkambule said though drink-driving teachers were supposed to be dismissed, the commission had noted that there were many teachers who consumed alcohol and are arrested for drink-driving.

“We would end up firing most of the teachers,” said Nkambule.
He, however, said the commission did not just sit back but also warned the teachers against such offences.
He said teachers dealing in dagga, theft convicts or those convicted of assault, would be dismissed.

Teachers who are also found guilty of serious offences such as abduction of underage girls or rape, will be fired.

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