Nyamazuwe High School Headmaster denies pupils were locked out of school
Nyamazuwe High School headmaster denies allegations that students from his school were locked outside. Pictures of the students have been circulating on social media. Sources say Peter Rinomhota the school headmaster locked out the students until 10 pm for reporting late.
Mr Rinomhota says he left the school for his house at 11pm that same day and he did not receive any reports of late comers.
“No one was locked outside the gate as alleged and I have seen the message circulating on social media accusing us of doing that. As a school we document every activity and our occurrence book has no such report of children locked outside the gate.”
“Our school staff who receive children close the gate by 5pm and we have two gates so I am not sure which of the gates you are referring to? It is unfortunate that one parent spread falsehoods over their own failures.”
Nyamazuwe High School Headmaster denies pupils were locked out of school
“As the school headmaster I am informed of everything that takes place before children go to sleep and I never received such a report until 11pm when I left the school for my house. We encourage parents to use hired buses to ferry children since they arrive at school on time,” said Mr Rinomhota.
School opened on Monday for Examination classes. Yesterday teachers gave a notice to the government that on Monday they will strike in order to make sure they receive good salaries and working conditions.
The fact that there is evidence that these children were sitting outside the school is worrisome. There might have been different reasons why these pupils were late and it requires some investigation. Although it is safer to follow protocols since schools are trying to adhere to the covid-19 regulations.