‘BECOME PROSTITUTES TO PAY SCHOOL FEES’

MBABANE – A head teacher of one of the worst performing schools in the country has allegedly told owing pupils in his school to engage in prostitution at the Mahhala traffic circle in order to raise money for school fees.

The head teacher is said to have made the utterance during morning assembly, where he told pupils that he cared less about their plight, because he was solely interested in them paying their school fees.

The head teacher of the high school, which will not be named as the allegations have not been substantiated, is said to have uttered this statement last week. Some of the pupils, who have not paid their schools fees, are orphaned and vulnerable children (OVCs).

The head teacher allegedly also advised the boys to find work in construction companies and even mentioned the names of the firms, situated in Matsapha.

A widow, who wept during an interview, told this publication that the head teacher said the children should find work or venture into prostitution so they could help their parents pay their fees. The woman, who is a mother of two of the children, alleged that the children were told that education was very expensive and was not for the poor.

‘Utsi labafana abaye egontrakini, lamantfombatana aye eseklini kuMahhala ayotsengisa umtimba,” the woman said in vernacular, which could be translated to mean; ‘he said the boys should find work in construction companies while the girls should go to the traffic circle to sell their bodies.’

The parent said she was surprised at how the head teacher could say this to the pupils when they, as parents, trusted him with their children. “How can he brainwash the children like this when he should be telling them that education is key. How could an adult say this to children?

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