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The SA Democratic Teachers' Union says violence against teachers must stop.
This was one of the resolutions adopted after a meeting of the union's national general council in Kempton Park at the weekend.
SADTU said in a statement that the harshest sentence should be meted out on any person who attacks teachers and all other education workers at schools.
The union called for the creation of a national violence against teachers registry and for research to be conducted at schools where such incidents occurred.
SADTU's General Secretary Mugwena Maluleke also wished the Grade 12 class of 2013 good luck for the matric exams.
"We call on society and in particular the parents to support these learners during this time let us afford them enough time and space to prepare for this examination, We further urge our students to focus on their preparations and avoid unnecessary distraction" he said
