Primary school principal suspended for 'lowering pupil into pit toilet' to retrieve dropped cellphone
The 11-year-old allegedly had to dig through piles of faeces with his hands
16 March 2021 - 08:09
The child, allegedly lowered into the pit toilet to find the principal's cellphone, was mocked by pupils and is traumatised. File photo.
Image: Alaister Russell
A primary school principal who allegedly lowered an 11-year-old pupil into a pit toilet to search for a dropped smartphone — leaving the child covered in faeces — has been suspended.
The Eastern Cape education department said it had learnt “with shame the ill-treatment” of the pupil and others who were allegedly instructed to search for the phone.