An argument over a spoon resulted in a Khayelitsha schoolboy being assaulted by a fellow pupil.
|||Cape Town - An argument over a spoon ended with a Khayelitsha schoolboy being assaulted by a fellow pupil.
Bronagh Casey, spokeswoman for Education MEC Donald Grant, said the incident occurred during the lunch break on Monday when pupils at the Sizimisele Secondary were receiving their feeding scheme meal.
“Two male learners began arguing over a spoon,” Casey said.
“A Grade 9 learner then wounded a Grade 11 learner on the ear with a spoon. The learner was taken to hospital for a dressing to the ear.”
Casey said this was the second incident of this nature at schools at which metro police officers, called school resource officers, had been placed.
The first was at Oscar Mpetha High School where, in March, a Grade 9 pupil was stabbed twice in the abdomen and was injured on the head.
In the same month, Uviwe Mzingelwa was stabbed to death with a pair of scissors on the way to school.
Metro police chief Wayne le Roux confirmed the incident. “We will continue to endeavour to curb such school violence,” he said.
The incident was not a “regular occurrence” and he advised parents to ensure their children did not resort to violence at school.
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