The Western Cape Education Department faces scrutiny following a Labour Court ruling that orders the removal of a final warning from a teacher’s record. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) finds itself under scrutiny once again, facing a significant setback in a disciplinary case involving a teacher from Mitchells Plain. In a recent ruling, the Labour Court has mandated the removal of a final warning from Shamim Abrahams’ record, a decision that underscores the department’s mismanagement in handling the situation.
Additionally, it has been ordered to pay Princeton High School teacher, Shamim Abrahams, the remuneration to which he would have been entitled had he not been suspended without pay for three months. The department said a decision on whether it would appeal the outcome has yet to be made. “The WCED is aware of the outcome and is reviewing the Labour Court finding.
A decision on whether we will take this matter on appeal will be forthcoming,” spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said. The matter culminated from a 2017 incident in which a learner, who often bunked classes, accused Abrahams of having forcibly removed him from the class, swore at him, and told him not to return. According to the learner’s grandmother, as his guardian after the learner’s mother passed away, Abrahams labelled her grandchild a ‘problem child’.
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The grandmother admitted that her grandchild was not a model learner, and according to the record, the grandchild swore at Abrahams. The record reflected that the grandmother instructed the learner to apologise to Abrahams for swearing at him, despite the pupil denying that he swore at Abrahams, but apologised anyway. Following an internal disciplinary process, Abrahams was found guilty of misconduct.
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