Other children call us racist names. The teachers say ‘send them to me’. But they don’t go and the problem goes on. The teachers should give us more protection.

Parents should not discriminate between their children by saying that the boys should go to school and the girls should stay at home.

When we girls report to the teachers they don’t take us seriously. Sometimes they call us silly names.

Older children wait in the toilets and take money from younger ones. If they are reported and punished they ‘get’ the younger ones.

In class, the teachers always ask the boys first. It’s not fair because girls know the answers too.

There is overcrowding in black schools. Our class sizes are much bigger. Why do other groups have more facilities? We want the same chances in life.

Why can’t children and teachers co-operate more? It’s not fair that we don’t get much of a say about what goes on in school.