Teacher beaten up by 7 pupils because she is “useless”
By Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo|In a dramatic story that sounds like a movie script, seven pupils at Earnest Kadungure Secondary School in Chivhu teamed up and charged to beat up their science teacher Stella Ndachenedzwa, accusing her of being what they termed “useless”.
Facts of the state’s case perused by ZimEye.com are that the seven form 3 girls, all aged 15, assaulted Mrs. Ndachenedzwa(48) just before their Science lesson in December, damaging her spectacles in the process. The case was heard before Magistrate Mangosi last week .
When Ndachenedzwa went to the form 3 class for the lesson she found the seven girls armed with sticks and they all stormed out of the classroom accusing the teacher of being incompetent.
The teacher left the classroom to go to her office but the girls blocked her and began to assault her with the sticks all over her body. After brutalising the teacher, the girls returned to the classroom where they were later confronted by senior staff members.
Meanwhile a senior staff member at the school put blame of the incident on peer influence and the misconceptions on television culture.
“The incident happened as a result of mob influence and group think tendency. Above all this event reflects uncouth behaviour and it is ideal for parents to control the type of television content their children view,” once staffer told ZimEye.com.