The teaching profession is tough. The education system is flawed, and for many teachers and students in South Africa, the conditions under which education is supposed to take place are appalling.

Recently the New York Times featured a brutal takedown of Deputy President David Mabuza, mentioning the pit toilets that students have been forced to use in Mpumalanga.

Both teachers and students have come forward with allegations of sexual assault at schools across the country. The most recent incident made it onto the internet when a friend of the student perpetrating the harassment filmed what happened at Lenasia Secondary School in Gauteng.

Times LIVE reports that:

The video clip starts with the learner confronting the teacher‚ pointing at him as he is bent over at a desk‚ going through another learner’s book.

An exchange happens‚ with the teacher seemingly trying to reprimand the child.

The teacher eventually walks away‚ returning to the learner he had been attending to.

But in an apparent effort to get a reaction from the teacher‚ the pupil continues to provoke the teacher‚ being confrontational. He strokes the teacher’s chin as his classmate continues to chuckle.

Eventually‚ he sits down at his desk and gives a thumbs-up to the pupil recording the video.

He then suddenly turns to the teacher‚ who is standing next to him‚ and strokes his buttocks.

The irritated teacher flicks him away then continues to attend to the pupil next to him.

The 58-second video was posted on social media last week, and was shared more than 6 000 times and viewed over 300 000 times by Friday.

Take a look:

The Gauteng education department confirmed that the student has been suspended pending a disciplinary hearing. He was also forced to apologise to both the teacher and his classmates.

The MEC [Panyaza Lesufi] visited the school on Tuesday‚ expressed his displeasure to the school management. He interacted with the Grade 10 learner‚ accompanied him to the class to apologise to fellow learners and the educator‚” said department spokesman Steve Mabona.

Anyone who thinks that teaching is a soft profession should check themselves. It’s clearly a daily struggle.

[source:timeslive]