Chairperson, I hereby give notice on behalf of Cope that at the next sitting of the Council I will move:
That the House -
1) debates the dismal failure of the Department of Basic Education to provide a safe learning environment for pupils at its schools, so much so that many learners, even those who are underage, are frequently subjected to violent crimes which have become the order of the day;
2) further debates the failure of our education system to discourage the use of violence in society and in schools to resolve conflict, as evinced when a Grade 10 learner stabbed a Grade 9 learner with a pair of scissors, inflicting several injuries to the head; and
3) calls for urgent intervention by government to address society's propensity to use physical violence as frequently as it does in our country.
I so move.