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Teacher to return to job and receive R369 716 from WCED
By Okuhle Hlati
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THE Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has been ordered to reinstate and back pay more than R360 000 to a Primrose Park Primary School teacher that it fired.
Lee-Ann Snyders, who had been working at the school since 2013, lost her job in March last year, following a 2019 disciplinary hearing that found her guilty on 14 charges relating to misconduct.
She was accused by a group of Grade 5 pupils of name-calling and using derogatory language.
However, the arbitrator who favoured Snyders’ appeal last week pointed out that the group fabricated allegations in order for the teacher to be dismissed, as there were conflicting and changing stories, and that they apparently reported to another Grade 5 teacher, who they allegedly conspired with.