,CMG3701 Assignment 4 (COMPLETE
ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE 21 August 2025
1.1 Explain the concept of loco parentis and identify the
specific duties of care Progressive Pathways Academy and its
staff assumed towards Thabo and Lerato during the school
trip.
(4 marks)
The concept of loco parentis means "in the place of a parent."
It refers to the legal responsibility of teachers and school staff
to take on certain parental duties when learners are under
their supervision. During school-related activities like
excursions, the school assumes responsibility for learners'
safety, well-being, and appropriate supervision.
Specific duties of care assumed by Progressive Pathways
Academy included:
Ensuring learners’ physical safety during travel and stay.
Providing adequate supervision at all times.
Responding appropriately to incidents or misconduct.
Making decisions in learners’ best interests, as a
reasonable parent would.
1.2 Given the principle of loco parentis, analyse how Mr
Dlamini’s decision to immediately send Thabo and Lerato
, home from Kruger National Park, especially at night, aligns
with or deviates from the expected standard of care for a
responsible parent or guardian.
(4 marks)
Mr Dlamini’s decision deviates from the expected standard of
care under loco parentis. A responsible parent or guardian
would:
Avoid exposing children to further danger (e.g., traveling
at night).
Investigate the issue thoroughly before making a
potentially harmful decision.
Consider the emotional and physical well-being of the
learners.
By sending Thabo and Lerato home at night without a proper
plan for their safe return and without verifying the context
(such as Lerato’s claim of peer pressure), Mr Dlamini acted
hastily and arguably irresponsibly, thereby failing the duty of
care.
1.3 Differentiate between the school’s general duty of
supervision and its specific duty of care under loco parentis in
the context of the learners’ safety during the excursion. Was
ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE 21 August 2025
1.1 Explain the concept of loco parentis and identify the
specific duties of care Progressive Pathways Academy and its
staff assumed towards Thabo and Lerato during the school
trip.
(4 marks)
The concept of loco parentis means "in the place of a parent."
It refers to the legal responsibility of teachers and school staff
to take on certain parental duties when learners are under
their supervision. During school-related activities like
excursions, the school assumes responsibility for learners'
safety, well-being, and appropriate supervision.
Specific duties of care assumed by Progressive Pathways
Academy included:
Ensuring learners’ physical safety during travel and stay.
Providing adequate supervision at all times.
Responding appropriately to incidents or misconduct.
Making decisions in learners’ best interests, as a
reasonable parent would.
1.2 Given the principle of loco parentis, analyse how Mr
Dlamini’s decision to immediately send Thabo and Lerato
, home from Kruger National Park, especially at night, aligns
with or deviates from the expected standard of care for a
responsible parent or guardian.
(4 marks)
Mr Dlamini’s decision deviates from the expected standard of
care under loco parentis. A responsible parent or guardian
would:
Avoid exposing children to further danger (e.g., traveling
at night).
Investigate the issue thoroughly before making a
potentially harmful decision.
Consider the emotional and physical well-being of the
learners.
By sending Thabo and Lerato home at night without a proper
plan for their safe return and without verifying the context
(such as Lerato’s claim of peer pressure), Mr Dlamini acted
hastily and arguably irresponsibly, thereby failing the duty of
care.
1.3 Differentiate between the school’s general duty of
supervision and its specific duty of care under loco parentis in
the context of the learners’ safety during the excursion. Was
