Only in South Africa!!

A school inspector is assigned to the grade 4 class in one of the
local schools in Soweto

He is introduced to the class by the teacher, Miss Wesizwe.

She says to the class: "Let's show the inspector just how clever you
are by allowing him to ask you a question."

The inspector decides to ask a biblical question.
He asks: "Class, who broke down the walls of Jericho?"

For a full minute there is absolute silence, the children all just
stare at him blankly

Eventually Sipho raises his hand, the Inspector points excitedly to him

Sipho stands up and says: "Sir, I don't know who broke down the walls
of Jericho, but it wasn't me"

The inspector looks at the teacher for an explanation, she says: Well,
I've known Sipho since the beginning of the year and I believe that if
he says that he didn't do it, then he didn't do it."

The inspector is shocked at the level of ignorance and storms down to
the principal's office and tells him what happened.

The principal replies: "Look I don't know the boy, but I socialise
every now and then with his teacher and I believe her, if she feels
that the boy was not involved, then he must be innocent."

The inspector can't believe what he is hearing, he grabs the phone on
the principal's desk and dials the Minister of Education and relates
the entire episode and asks her what she thinks of the education
standard in the school

The Minister sighs heavily and replies: "Eish wena, you know I'm very
busy, I don't know the boy, the teacher or the principal, just get
three quotes and have the wall fixed by my brother."