Hexvallei principal reinstated amid controversy over 'culling of pupils'

A high school principal from Hexvallei Secondary School was reinstated with back pay after his dismissal was found to be substantively unfair regarding the deregistration of 18 Grade 12 pupils that were deemed underperformers and ‘unlikely to pass their matric exams’.High school water polo brawl leads to R645 000 claim

Mei was fired by the Western Cape Education Department for allegedly ‘unfairly prejudicing the administration of the school by proceeding to deregister Grade 12 learners’Mei had testified that the department had set a target of a 70% pass rate for his matrics, according to a transcript of the hearing.

‘The decision to deregister the learners was taken together with the school management team and in consultation with the parents of the learners,’ he added.WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond has stated that the deregistration of learners for poor performance is not permitted.

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