The Daily News

Teachers stabbed and sometimes murdered by pupils of a school, and pupils stabbed fatally wounding their classmates are some crimes committed frequently in our schools.

The stabbing of teachers and pupils on the school grounds in the past year has reached alarming levels, and schools have become easy targets for the lucrative drug industry, which is the bane of all parents.

At one time our schools were role models to overseas schools with a strong ethos and a high standard of discipline.

Today we have lost a great deal of our value systems and slumped to a zero level of discipline - indeed a great loss to the future generations and leaders of tomorrow.

However it is never too late to make-up for the lost time. We need to work vigorously to improve the present situation and work towards a better and brighter future for our children.

So let us all - parents, pupils and teachers - lend a helping hand to achieve a better education and schooling.

Abdullah

Durban