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Principal fired for forcing learner to search phone in a pit toilet
The former principal will not be allowed to teach anymore for forcing a pupil to search his phone in a pit toilet
Lubeko Mgandela, a former Eastern Cape school principal who instructed a pupil to search for his lost phone among faeces in a pit toilet, has been removed from the register of educators and will never be allowed to work with children again.
SA Council of Educators (SACE) chief executive officer Ella Mokgalane informed the Eastern Cape education department of the sanction last Tuesday.
Mokgalane said the SACE ethics committee recommended and approved the sanction on 10 February 2022