Growing Calls For Stringent Vetting Of People Working With Learners

There are growing calls for the stringent vetting of people who come in contact with learners.

The safety of learners remains a concern for anti-gender-based violence organisation, Second Chance, as schools prepare to reopen next week.

Crime statistics for the second quarter of the 2024-2025 financial show that at least 106 rapes occurred at educational institutions countrywide.

These include creches, schools and institutions of higher learning.

Boitumelo Thage, the founder of Second Chance says, The statistic about teenage pregnancy speak to the fact that these girls are not having sex, they are being raped. So, this speaks to a pandemic whether these are girls going to school to learn or are they safe at school. Hence, we are trying to create a safe space and teaching young girls and boys to speak out about what they are faced with at home and at schools.