The suspect is thought to have gained entry into the classroom by breaking a window, and made a fire which engulfed the property.

His two accomplices were arrested outside the school premises, and were found with equipment stolen from the Botebotsebo Secondary School.

The Gauteng Department of Education has reported fifty-five burglaries and acts of vandalism  at different schools.

Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi in a statement mentioned that Gauteng police have since arrested forty-one suspects for cases relating to burglaries and burning of schools in Gauteng since March 2020.

OFM News/Paila Chauke