Safe Place Of School Essay

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A school is an institution aimed to provide learning and learning environments for the teaching of learners under the direction of teachers. School is a place where learners are protected under the supervision of the teachers and the principal it within the responsibility of the school to make sure that learners are protected from harm or any danger. The constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 108 of 1996, stipulate that everyone has the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being (1996:sec.24(a)). In this case a school environment school should be safe place for learners and teachers so that progressive teaching and learning take place.
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The parents suffered from pain and left emotionally vulnerable due to the reason that their suffered from concussion, which will result in the learners suffering from memory loss and this child will not have his normal life back. If the child be sent to school he will experience problems in learning because the brain will not be functioning in its full capacity like it did before the injury. Brain injury may later result into death. The parents can sue the teacher and the school to be compensated for pain and suffering for emotional and physical breakdown. The parents should also be compensated for loss of general loss because the health of their son will be deteriorated due to concussion suffered which will result in memory loss and recurrent headaches that the learner will experience in the long run. Also compensated for shortened life expectancy because when the brain is not functioning to its maximum or full capacity it will result in death and the parents should prepare for the worst. In this article the teacher can be held liable for the all the claims mentioned above because the life of Bheki will not be the same again due to the reason that the teacher neglected her

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