The national congress of school governing bodies said on Thursday it was saddened by the allegation that a teacher had showed porn to a class at Edenglen High School in Gauteng.

"Teachers are role models and play a very important role to sharpen our children to reach their destiny," the body's secretary general Pastor Monokoane Hlobo said in a statement.

He said teachers should behave like parents to learners.

"...We will not tolerate this kind of behaviour and appeal to the department of basic education and the South African Council of Educators to investigate and deal with matter as of yesterday."

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