Education
With regard to the appointment of a certain person as principal of the Greenfields Girls’ Primary School:
(1) (a) What are the details of the (i) composition of the interview panel, (ii) scorecard of the panel that recommended the appointment, (iii) other applicants and (iv) reasons why this person made the shortlist;
(2) whether this person’s principal, whose name has been furnished to her Department for the purpose of the reply, was part of the panel that conducted the interviews; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether this person had received counselling for inappropriate conduct and behaviour towards female learners at the Grove Primary School; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) whether any complaint against this person has been laid with South African Council of Educators; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
My department has informed me of the following:
(1) (a)
- The interview panel consisted of 8 panellists, and the process was also attended by the Circuit Manager and a union representative.
(ii) and (iii)
- The candidate made the shortlist for candidates to be interviewed, because his application/CV scored above the cut-off line for shortlisting based on the criteria set in the advertisement.
(2) No. There was no involvement by “this person’s principal” in any of the processes pertaining to the filling of the post.
(3) There are no records registered with the WCED of inappropriate conduct or behaviour in relation to female learners by the candidate while working at The Grove Primary. There are also no records of complaints escalated by parents to the school or the SGB, and thus no record of counselling for same.
(4) No, not to our knowledge.
