PRIME Hydration craze | Teachers report change in pupil behaviour

JOHANNESBURG - The National Association of School Governing Bodies wants PRIME Hydration banned in schools.

It says teachers are reporting a change in behaviour after pupils consume the drink.

It caused a stir when it arrived at ridiculously high prices, in some places as high as R700 per bottle.

Checkers then made a deal with the owners, popular social media influencers, KSI and Logan Paul.

The new price of R40 per bottle saw snaking queues at retailers around the country.

''We are responding to complaints we got from schools, teachers, SGBs, and parents that there is this new drink.

"Once pupils drink it, their behaviour changes," said the association's chairperson, Matakanye Matakanye.

"When you see disorder and people climbing on top of tables, climbing on top of chairs, that type of behaviour surprises you.

"Once the teacher starts teaching, you expect everybody to be attentive and the class to be orderly," he said.

"It needs psychologists to tell us exactly the type of behaviour, just like to say they're becoming hyperactive or so.

"We're raising this because we got all these complaints."