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SADTU Launches Programme to Tackle Violence in Schools Over 200 Gauteng school principals and district officers gathered in Braamfontein for a seminar Neo Koza, Eye Witness News, Johannesburg, 18 April 2015 The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) has launched the first of six principal seminars around the country to tackle the issue of school based violence. On Thursday, over 200 Gauteng school principals and district officers gathered at the Parktonian Hotel in Braamfontein for a seminar to propose solutions to the matter. The union says an immediate intervention is needed. Speaking against the recent surge of xenophobic attacks, SADTU's provincial chairperson for Gauteng, Eddie Kekana says the seminar could not have come at a better time. Kekana says attacks are a disservice to the country's image and integrity. "We need to really educate our people, especially the young people, who are being used in these particular acts of attacks on foreign nationals. Our miseries and frustrations are not brought about by foreign nationals but by the capitalist system we are entrapped in." Although most schools have devised their own interventions, the union says it hopes to come up with a national toolkit that will assist principals to monitor violence in all its forms. General Secretary, Mugwena Maluleke says one of the main areas of focus will be to deal with the psycho social aspect. "One of the areas that we need to have interventions on is psycho-social because it's very important because we need to counsel children." Several other seminars are expected to be held across the country. (Edited by Leeto M Khoza) From: http://ewn.co.za/2015/04/18/SADTU-launches-programme-to-tackle-violence-in-s chool -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
