Protocol for the management and reporting of Sexual Abuse and Harassment in Schools
National Department of Basic Education, South Africa
This protocol provides a guide to the management and reporting of sexual abuse, ensuring an appropriate and timely response to cases of sexual abuse and harassment perpetrated against learners and school staff. It responds to the need for a standardised response to allegations by learners and school staff of incidents of sexual abuse and harassment, whether they are perpetrated by learners, educators or by other persons and covers anyone employed at a South African school.
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Protocol for the management and reporting of Sexual Abuse and Harassment in Schools Current Version
January 2022
This protocol provides a guide to the management and reporting of sexual abuse, ensuring an appropriate and timely response to cases of sexual abuse and harassment perpetrated against learners and school staff. It responds to the need for a standardised response to allegations by learners and school staff of incidents of sexual abuse and harassment, whether they are perpetrated by learners, educators or by other persons and covers anyone employed at a South African school.
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