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Bullying rocks govt school

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Some parents are livid that they want to march at ministry of education offices in Harare to get the matter addressed.

A FORM 2 student at the mixed Msengezi high school in Mashonaland West suffered a broken jaw and other injuries in a case of bullying.

Everisto Tsomeka said his son was injured on July 22 by bullies.

According to Tsomeka, he received a call from the school to come and collect his injured son. 

“I noticed that he had a cut on the lowSer lip, a wound below the chin and he also told me that his four lower teeth were shaking. I took my child to Norton hospital where I was advised that a request for medical treatment was required before they could treat him so I had to go back to ZRP Saruwe where I filed a report,” Tsomeka said.

“I took him to a doctor at Norton hospital and he requested some X-rays of which we rushed to have them taken at a private hospital in Norton. Upon seeing them we were referred to a specialist who discovered that my son had a broken jaw, four loose front and lower teeth cracked molar teeth.

“Since then I have not had any official communication from the school despite writing to the school head.”

Some parents are livid that they want to march at ministry of education offices in Harare to get the matter addressed.

The headmaster George Rambanepasi,did not respond to messages or answer any calls when contacted for comment.

Msengezi is a mixed government high school with an enrolment of at least 1 000 students.

 

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